16 STERLING'S ANNUAL CATALOG 
You'll find that it’s really exciting 
to havea weed-free, velvety- smooth 
lawn... the kind that neighbors 
envy. 
You must start with good seed. 
Our mixtures are made from high 
germinating seed in formulas to 
meet your needs. 
But, it does take more than good 
seed to make a fine lawn. It takes 
complete plant food! We recom- 
mend Vigoro, complete plant food 
made by. Swift & Company. It’s 
balanced for grass. 
A PRODUCT OF SWIFT 
VIGORO 
COMPLETE PLANT FOOD 



LAWN MAKING 
Our Lawn Grass Seed is mixed from the very best grass seed, 
recleaned and free from weeds, and we sell many hundred pounds all 
over Long Island, as there is no better grade seed on the market. 
Loosen the soil in which a new lawn is to be made to a depth of at 
least five inches, and lighten it with humus, compost or manure, if it 
is heavy and inclined to bake. Apply fertilizer liberally, either Sheep 
Manure, Bone Meal or Bovung, especially good for lawns. Use Vigoro 
on established lawns in early Spring and early Fall. 
Sow in the early Spring when cool weather and ample rainfall 
will insure complete germination and a good start for the seedlings 
before hot dry weather comes. If seeding must be delayed, special 
precautions must be taken to prevent the ground drying out. Early 
fall is a very desirable time to seed, if moisture is sufficient. 
See that the seed is well covered. Rake it into a new seed bed and 
roll so that the soil is firmed over the seed. Where seed is sown on an 
old lawn, always cover it with a top dressing of sand or soil and fer- 
tilizer and rake in. Seed thrown on the top of hard ground has no 
chance to grow and will merely wash off. m 
No Timothy is ever used in our Lawn Grass Mixture. 

Dunraven, N. Y., May 18, 1946. 
Desr Sir:—Eneclosed find $1.00 for which please send me a dozen of the blue 
Violas, same as you sent me recently. They are flowering beautifully and are the 
prettiest things I hrve.seen in the way of Violas. I hope you have not made any 
mistake and sent me something else. I am enclosing one bloom so you may see what 
they are doing. Also I want to tell you the gladioli bulbs were grand, the finest ap- 
pearing bulbs I have ever received and I have been growing gladioli for fifteen years. 
I hope the Violas will continue to bloom all Summer. 
Yours very truly, Mrs. O. S. 
