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. LIME 
Lime is often recommended after a soil analysis. Use it only as prescribed and not as an annual application. 
Lime is not a fertilizer but releases beneficial plant bacteria already in the soil. Excessive applications of lime will 
often encourage some types of weeds and clover. 
Soils that are naturally alkaline require no lime. Others, coastal New England for instance, are naturally acid 
and as a rule require lime every few years. Agricultural ground or pulverized limestone is usually applied at the 
rate of 50 pounds per 1,000 square feet. More or less is desirable depending on the acidity and structure of the soil. 
If you use hydrated lime, use only one-half to three-quarters of the recommended amount of ground limestone. 
FERTILIZER 
Don't misunderstand the application of fertilizer at seeding time. 
quire phosphate—a root building material. Used properly, nitrogen and phosphate are the most important ele- 
ments in the growth of turf. Potash is required by grass in minute quantities, and most soils provide enough of it 
for the early stages of growth. Do not use a highly nitrogenous fertilizer in preparing the seedbed. It may cause 
over-stimulation of the foliage and under-development of the roots. Bone meal or super-phosphate at the rate of 20 
pounds per 1,000 square feet is usually sufficient for all but the most deficient soil. 
In the early stages of growth, grass plants re- 
VARIETIES OF FILLER GRASSES AND THEIR USES 
Orchard Grass—coarse, tufty variety, very unsightlv in lawns. 
Timothy—best suited to hay fields or pastures; in a lawn it produces a coarse, stubby growth light green in 
color. 
Meadow Fescue—coarse and tufty, best suited on wet pasture land, not adapted to lawns. 
Cheaper mixtures are available for temporary lawns. 
of the ingredients will live only a year. 
Special mixtures are available for areas such as athletic fields, terraces, shaded spots and extremely sandy 
soils. However, be sure to ascertain whether the mixture you seléct actually contains enough grasses suitable to 
your existing conditions. 
There is a list of the grasses most commonly found in lawn seed mixtures. Use this list as a buying guide— 
check the contents analyzed on the package and compare values. 
Group 1, Base Grasses—thrive indefinitely after proper establishment. 
They contain little or no permanent grasses and most 
VARIETIES OF BASE GRASSES AND THEIR USES 
Colonial Bent—for lawns and putting greens, sunny areas only. 
Velvet Bent—for lawns and putting greens in sun and shade. 
Kentucky Bluegrass—for lawns only in sun or high shade. 
Chewings Fescue—for lawns, in sun, shade, terraces, poor sandy soils and play areas. 
Creeping Red Fescue—for lawns in sun and shade or areas receiving heavy traffic, 
Group 2, Nurse Grasses—quick growing, seldom live over three years. Not more than 50% of this type goes into 
a good mixture. 
VARIETIES OF NURSE GRASSES AND THEIR USES 
Redtop—nurse crop, perennial for three years when mowed. 
Common Ryegrass—annual, very coarse. 
Italian Ryegrass—annual, very coarse. 
Perennial Reygrass—lasts several years, moderately coarse. 
Group 3, Special Purpose Grasses—some are shortlived and some long-lived. Main advantage is their ability to 
thrive under adverse conditions—in the shade, on sand, terraces or putting greens. 
VARIETIES OF SPECIAL PURPOSE GRASSES AND THEIR USES 
Rough Bluegrass (Poa trivalis)—for shade only, prefers moist conditions. 
Seaside or Creeping Bent—for putting greens, sunny areas. 
Annual Bluegrass—thrives best in very wet or shaded areas. 
White Clover—added to lawn mixtures for appeararice, winter-kills badly. 
Wild White Clover—same as White Clover, finer, more perennial, withstands the winter cold and summer heat 
better. 
TURF-MAKER 
Contains only the highest quality 
turf grasses with a small amount of 
Redtop as a nurse grass. Over 
97% perennial grasses. There is a 
TurfMaker adapted to your soil and 
climatic conditions. 
Lb. $1.40 5 lbs. $6.75 
TRU-SHADE 
Over 97% pure seed and is 75% 
shade-tolerant. A companion mix- 
ture for TurfMaker it is adapted to 
growth under the various shade con- 
ditions existing throughout the coun- 
try. 
Lb. $1.45 5 lbs. $7.00 
CENTRAL STATES 
Specially adapted for the Middle 
West. Better than average, it con- 
tainsi over one-half Kentucky Blue- 
grass, plus White Clover, Perennial 
Ryegrass and Colonial Bent instead 
of Clover. 
Lb. $1.25 5 Lbs. $5.75 
