PLANT THE BEST GRASS SEEDS OBTAINABLE 
Heavy Quality Grasses for Pasture 
Nicholson's Tested Grass Seeds enjoy a most enviable reputation as to germin: 
with the lighter weight poor quality seeds that are usually offered at inviting price: 
of better grade seed than more pounds of cheap seed that are trashy and often carry 
ation, purity and quality and are not to be confused 
. It is much to your advantage to plant a fewer pounds 
disease. Nicholson’s Grass Seeds make better pastures 
NOTE: Bermuda Grass is extremely short in supply and very high in price. We expect market changes, therefore suggest that should 
you be interested in larger quantities that you write us for current prices. 
Nicholson’s Extra Fancy 
Bermuda Grass 
NICHOLSON’S EXTRA FANCY BERMUDA 
GRASS SEED (Cynodon Dactylon). Will grow on 
almost any soil, makes splendid grazing as we ] 
as hay. 1. order to have best success in the 
growing of Bermuda Grass the seed should be 
planted in the spring or late summer, when the 
weather is warm and moist. If sown before a 
wet spell the seed will come up in a very short 
time after rain. Have the ground well prepared. 
then sow the seed broadcast, at the rate of 10 
to 15 pounds per acre. After sowing run a roller 
over the land so as to firm the surface, as Ber- 
muda Grass requires a firm seed bed. Bermuda 
Grass is also splendid to use in connection with 
anther crasses amd clovers for nermeanent vers- 
ture. Lb., $1.00; 2 Ibs., $1.90, postpaid. Ask for 
prices in larger quantities. 
Nicholson’s Extra Fancy 
Hulled Bermuda Grass 
NICHOLSON’S EXTRA FANCY HULLED BER- 
MUDA GRASS. This is the same as our Extra 
Fancy Bermuda Grass, but the hull is removed 
This operation hastens germination. Many of 
our customers have reported to us that their 
plantings of the hulled seed have come up in 
seven to ten days after sowina. One of our cus- 
tomers who sows large quanities of Bermuda 
each season has written us that he will not use 
anything but the hulled seed in the future. He 
aave the hulled seed a fair trial and was cer- 
tinly nlecnsed and eqtisfied with the reenlte 
Lb., $1.25; 2 lbs., $2.40, postpaid. Please ask for 
prices in larger lots. 
Bird Grass 
POA TRIVIALIS (Bird Grass). A splendid 
crass to sow under the shade of trees or in 
shody places where other grass does not do 
well. Also used in mixture of orasses for lawns 
or pastures. Lb., $1.35; 2 lbs., $2.60, postpaid. 
Blue Panic 
(Panicum Antidotale) 
A perennial deen-rooted bunch grass, prefer- 
ring soil of hich fertility and will crow 5 or 6 
feet hich under hest conditions. 
areas that enjoy 25 inches or more annual rain 
fall. Tt is a sweet crass and makes good hay 
as well as pasture. Plont 1 to 2 nounds in rows 
ar 2 ta 5 pounds to the orre broadcast. Lh., 
$1.60; 2 The., $3.90, postpaid. Please write for 
prices in larger lots. 
Blue Stem 
Grass Mixture 
Consists of Little and Big Blue Stem, Indian 
orass and Side Oat Grama grass. We handled 
this mixture last year for the first time and our 
suvplv was exhausted auickly. Broadcast 10 
pounds to the acre Februarv through <Aoril, 
cover ceed very lichtlv. Lb.. 60c; 2 Ibs., $1.10, 
postpaid. Please write for prices in larger lots. 
Yellow Blue Stem 
Kino Ranch Strain 
(Andropogon Ischaemum) 
King Ronch Yellow Blue Stem is a widely 
adapted, deep rooted grass. Grows well in both 
low and hich altitudes, in heavy or licht rain 
fall areas. This crass has an exceptionally deep 
rooting system. Has been used successfully for 
reclaiming oil fields, lands from which brush 
has been cut, weedy ranqe lands and lands 
made bare by erosion. The seed contains con- 
siderable grass or hav. therefore requires verv 
little or no covering. This grass responds well 
to nitrogen and phosphate fertilizers. Plant 2 
pounds to the acre in rows or 5 pounds to the 
acre hroadcast. Lb.. $3.90; 2 Ibs., $7.50, post- 
paid. Please write for price sin larger lots. 
Tohnson Grass 
TOHNSON GRASS (Sorghum Halpense). Cor 
sidered one of the finest qrasses for hay in th- 
South. The only objection jc theo *+ is diffienY 
to eradicate. Ib., 40c; 2 Ibs.. 75c, postpaid. 
Please ask for prices in larger lots. 
ROBERT NICHOLSON SEED CO. 
Adapted to, 
Brome-Smooth 
(Bromus Inermis) 
A perennial grass adapted to many soils and 
particularly valued for holding down light soils. 
Does best on well drained land and is drought 
resistant, but not worth while in low elevation 
areas. Grows 1 to 3 feet high. Does not like 
continued hot areas. Leaves are wide and 
smooth. Broadcast 15 to 20 pounds per acre. 
Lb., 95c; 2 Ibs., $1.80, postpaid. Please write for 
prices in larger lots. 
Buffalo Grass 
BUFFALO GRASS. A most nutritious grass for 
all livestock. Does well on clay or heavy loam 
enil, As a whole it is well adapted to Texas. 
After storting. the vlants snread ranidly. by 
meons of surface runners. Lb., $1.50; 2 Ilbs., 
$2.90, postpaid. Please ask for prices in larger 
quantities. 
Carpet Grass 
FARCY CARPET GRASS (Axonopus Compres 
gus). A perennial, spreading by creeping stems 
which root at every foint, thus forming a close. 
compact turf. Flourishes on land short in lime 
thrives under grazing and trampling. Will 
stand more close grazing, trampling and over- 
flow than any pasture grass known. In barren 
desert or piney woods plains will produce a 
perpetual arazing ground. It is not a weed ora 
vest: vlowing under will destroy it completely 
The Government says in any Southern coastal 
niaine or flat woods country this crass is better 
*han Bermuda Grass. Grows 2 to 21% feet hich. 
Sow in Sevtember or October; also in Februarv, 
March and April at the rate of 10 to 15 nounds 
ner acre. J.b.. 80c; 2 Ibs.. $1.50, postpaid. Ask 
for prices in larger quantities. 
Dallis Grass 
(Imported Seed) 
DALLIS GRASS (Paspalum Dilatatum). Dallis 
Grass is a verennial, and is not a pest. It grows 
continuously. except in freezino weather, a 
smaller aqrowth in proportion to the deqree of 
dryness. While it does not arow in freezing 
weather, it comes nearer arowino al] the year 
around than any other arass. Dallis Gross will 
aradually choke out Tohnson Grass ond other 
weeds, if crazed fairly close. It needs onlv a 
start, in order to stop washes ond ocullies. It is 
very easy to eradicate, one plowing will kill 
it out. In our trial agrounds we found it stood 
the hot, dry summer better than any other 
oress. 
Tt will arow on hillv, rouah or washed land 
ond puts them to beneficiol use. We recommend 
that every farmer cive Dallas Grass a thorouch 
tricl. Sow about 10 vounds per acre, or mix 
with other grasses and clover most any time of 
the vear. 
FANCY IMPORTED SEED. Lh., 90c: 2 Ibs.. 
pi7G. postpaid. Please ask for prices in larger 
ote, 
Fescue Chewing’s 
CHEWING’S FESCUE (Festuca Rubra). Chew- 
ina’s Fescue Grass is used for both pasture and 
lawns. This grass seems to thrive on sandy or 
gravelly soil, where mony other varieties fail. 
The leaves are briaht qreen and the plant 
does not arow in tufts, but creeps by under- 
around stems, so that one plant may eventually 
cover a circle two to four feet in diameter. 
Plant at the rote of 30 vounds to the ocre ir 
September, October or November. Lb., 90e: 9 
Ibs., $1.70, postpaid. Please write for prices in 
larger lots. 
Fescue-Kentucky 31 
Agricultural authorities claim this arass and 
Alta Fescue are identical. Our seed of Kentucky 
31 originates in Kentucky ond the Alta variety 
in the Pacific Northwest. Plant same as Al'‘a 
Fescue. Lb., $1.35; 2 lbs., $2.60, postpaid. Write 
for prices in larger lots. 
Sco 
Fescue-Alta 
(Festuca Elatior Arundinacea) 
Alta Fescue does well in hot or cold areas 
and on most any type soil. It is drought resis- 
tant but will stand excessive moisture. It is a 
perennial and does not reach full productivity 
until second growing season. Enjoys a longer 
growing period than most other grasses. Sow 
in spring or fall broadcasting 15 to 20 pounds 
per acre. Lb., $1.25; 2 lbs., $2.40, postpaid. 
Please write for prices in larger lots. 
Kentucky Blue Grass 
KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS (Poa Pratensis). Ken- 
tucky Blue Grass is not very popular in most 
sections of the South, but there is a demand 
for limited amounts for planting in sections 
where its worth has been proven. We have 
geen reasonably good results in Texas where 
planted in the shade of large trees. One pound 
of seed will sow 10x20 feet, the equivalent of 
200 square feet. Forty pounds per acre are 
required for pasture sowing. Sow in fall for hee’ 
results. Lb., $1.15; 2 Ibs., $2.20, postpaid. Ask 
for prices in larger quantities. 
Love Grass 
LOVE GRASS (Eragrostis Curvula). Weepine 
love grass introduced by the Soil Conservation 
Service a few years ago is proving satisfac- 
tory in some sections of Texas and Oklahoma 
It is a perennial and native of Africa. The seed 
is very high in price and we suggest only oa 
small trial planting, unless to your knowledge 
it has proven satisfactory in your immediate 
section. One pound will plant an acre. Lb 
$1.25; 2 Ibs., $2,40, postpaid, Please ask for 
prices in larger lots. 
Below: DALLIS GRASS 

DALLAS, TEXAS 
