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WETSEL’S famous Lawn Grasses 
“THE BEST FOR VIRGINIA” 
The Value of a 
Good Lawn 
You need hardly be reminded of the 
advantages of a good green, vigorous, 
tough lawn around your premises. It is 
the very essence of beauty. It stimulates 
| one’s pride and enhances the value of 
one’s property. No home is complete 
without it. Even a modest home looks 
well if surrounded by a healthy lawn, 
and without it a high-priced house never 
shows to advantage. 
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GREEN ISLAND 
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; Slavic A good lawn is comparatively easy 
to make and inexpensive. To be sure, it 
requires some work and general attention 
as well as some expense even after it has 
been established. But compared with the 
cost of a home and the advantages that it affords, the amount of 
energy and money needed are both small. It is not nearly so difficult 
or expensive to make a good lawn as some high-powered folks would 
have you believe. Remember, the cost of doing business at long 
range is very high; such seed houses have to charge more than those 
who distribute over a smaller area. 
GREEN ISLAND 
There is no such thing as a “‘lawn”’ seed. 
Any lawn grass—no matter where you get 
it, or what you pay—is a mixture of grass 
seeds. Some of the component parts serve 
only to retard or prevent the growth of weeds 
until the more permanent grasses can get 
started and acquire a firm hold on the soil. 
Our Green Island lawn grass is a mixture 
that is based on the experience and technical 
information acquired over a period of 40 
years. We don’t believe it is possible to make 
a better lawn grass than our Green Island 
brand. You can—and very likely would— 
pay a great deal more for top quality lawn 
seed, but the quality of the higher priced 
seed is no better, we can assure you. 
We do not claim that Green Island is the 
best seed in the world. Such a claim would be both ridiculous and 
unethical, for there are probably hundreds of persons in the country 
who know as much as we do about what is required to make a good 
lawn. We de claim that there is none better. We know that you would 
pay a lot more for most of the best grades of seed. And remember, all 
of our mixtures are designed for this area, not for a great range of 
states where soil and climate vary so much. Lb. 97 cts.; 5 Ibs, $4.85; 
10 lbs. $9.32; 25 Ibs. $22.69. 
How to Make a Lawn 
To make a good lawn you need three basic things. First, 
reasonably good soil—the richer the better, of course, but a 
lawn is possible even on rather poor soil. In any event, a good 
seed bed free of clods should be prepared. Second, the soil needs 
some fertilizer, even after the lawn is established. For best re- 
sults a lawn should have at least one application each year and 
preferably two—spring and fall. You just can’t have a good lawn 
unless you feed it. Any fertilizer is better than none, but the 
best and cheapest in the long run is a complete plant food like 
Vigoro. (See next page for details.) Finally, you need good seed. 
That is, you should have seed of high purity and good germina- 
tion, with low weed content. You need have no fears about these 
requirements when you use Wetsel’s lawn grasses. We yield to 
no other seed house as regards quality. 
MERION (B-27) BLUE GRASS 
A newly developed strain of Blue Grass that was recently reieased 
after years of testing by the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Associa- 
tion and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, working together in an 
effort to produce better turfs. 
Twelve years of testing and observing Merion at Arlington Turf 
Gardens and the Bureau of Plant Industry have shown this strain to 
be vastly superior to ordinary commercial Blue Grass in resistance 
to leaf spot and weed invasion, growth habits, rate of spread, vigor, 
quality and appearance, heat and drought tolerance and in certain 
other respects. 
It promises to supplant ordinary Blue Grass for lawn mixtures 
as soon as a commercial supply of Merion is available. Lb. $4.45. 
Wild White Glover 
(Prevents Growth of Crab-Grass) 
Considerable noise has been heard during the last year or so to the 
effect that Wild White Clover is very effective in ‘‘killing crab-grass.”’ 
What is really meant, of course, is that a good stand of this Clover 
will ‘‘prevent the growth of crab-grass.”’ 
Our experience and observation have been limited, but we do know 
that crab-grass cannot stand much competition from other grasses. 
We, therefore, commend wild White Clover to you for ‘‘control’’ 
of crab-grass. Lb. $1.25. 
Wetsel’s Park Lawn Grass 
Our Park Lawn Grass is designed for large areas—a 
lot at the rear of a home or somewhat removed from the 
yard that surrounds the house, where because of the 
large space involved the cost of seeding must be held 
down to a certain level. It is made for what the name 
implies—a ‘‘park,’”’ where the requirements are some- 
what less than for a lawn directly connected with the 
home. As a matter of fact, it is suitable for your 
front yard; some customers use it for that purpose and 
are well pleased, although we believe that the Green 
Island is well worth the difference in price because 
you will get a better lawn from it in a shorter space 
of time. Lb. 70 cts.; 5 lbs. $3.43; 10 lbs. $6.68; 25 lbs. $16.20. 
Wetsel’s Shady Lawn Grass 
At best, it is a difficult task to hold a good stand of 
grass in shady spots, especially in places with northern 
exposure where the sun can’t even occasionally pene- 
trate. Such spots are, as you know, usually cool and 
damp. You can keep them satisfactorily covered 
and prevent the growth of unsightly weeds by fre- 
quent applications of a mixture of grasses that are 
more resistant to shade. This is especially true where 
an occasional light application of a complete plant 
food like Vigoro is given. For Vigoro positively con- 
tains every element necessary to plant life, and cer- 
tain of its elements at least partially compensate for 
the lack of sunshine. Wetsel’s Shady Lawn Grass is designed 
and compounded for the dark spots where it is so difficult to keep the 
prune even covered. Lb. 91 cts; 5 lbs. $4.40; 10 lbs. $8.57; 25 lbs. 
$20.76. 
If Ordering By Mail, Add 20 cts. for the first pound and 3 cts. for each Additional Pound 
