: HILLSDALE LANDSCAPE CO. 
LAWN MAKING 
To make a good lawn, that will last requires work. In making a new lawn or in 
remaking an old one, the soil should be loosened and pulverized thoroughly to a depth 
of 10 inches, and manure or peat moss and fertilizer mixed thoroughly with it. Then, 
after the soil has been thoroughly loosened and regraded, a good seed mixture should 
be sown evenly at the rate of 6 lbs. per 1,000 sq. ft. After sowing the seed, lightly 
rake, and roll and water. Do not allow the soil to become dry once the seed has started 
to germinate. 
We recommend a complete fertilizer high in phosphorous for new or remade lawns. 
For established lawns, reseed in early spring or early autumn with a good seed mixture 
at the rate of 2 or 3lbs. per 1,000 sq. ft., topdress lightly with a good clean topsoil and 
fertilize with a complete fertilizer high in nitrogen. This treatment will greatly dis- 
courage weed growth. 
If sod is to be used in place of seed, the soil should be prepared as outlined above 
and then the sod laid, tamped, rolled and watered. 
SPRAYING 
In order to keep your plants healthful and vigorous they need careful periodic 
examination for insect and disease attacks. During the growing seasons, inspection 
should be made for leaf-eating, and sucking insects, and fungous diseases. These are 
_cured usually by spraying with arsenate of lead, nicotine spray or dusting with sulfur 
for the disease in the order named. For the two principal insects attacking evergreens, 
use arsenate of lead spray against bagworms, and sulfur dust against red spider. 


When the trees and shrubs are dormant, an inspection should be made for scale. 
These are tiny hard-shelled mites which attach themselves to the bark of various kinds 
of trees and shrubs and suck the vital life-giving sap from the plant. They are con- 
trolled by a dormant oil or lime sulfur spray. 
We have the most modern type of power spray equipment which develops a very 
high pressure and is capable of throwing a mist-like spray to the very top of a full 
grown shade tree, and yet is so easily controlled that it may be used on the most 
delicate shrub. This equipment with experienced operators is available to you for a 
very small charge per actual gallons of spray used. 
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