SELECTION OF SEED— 
The seed selection chart 
which appears on the back 
of this folder will assist in 
the selection of the proper 
seed varieties for your 
lawn. 
Experts do not recom- 
mend combining coarse- 
leaved, fast-growing 
grasses with fine-leaved, 
slow-growing grasses in 
lawns, as such mixtures 
result in lack of uniform- 
ity, rate of growth and 
maintenance require- 
ments, factors so desirable 
in a lawn. Many times 
when fast-growing, fast- 
germinating grasses are 
seeded with the slower va- 
rieties, much, if not most 
of the slower growing and 
germinating grasses are lost completely as the grower 
stops watering after the faster grasses are off to a 
good start, but before the slow types have germinated. 
Select a mixture with either all slow-growing grasses or 
all fast-growing grasses and in this manner assure your- 
self of uniformity in your lawn. 
A dollar’s worth of ‘‘very best’’ seed will cover a 
greater area than a dollar’s worth of “‘cheap”’ seed, al- 
though poundage will be less. Many mixtures of fine- 
leaved high quality grasses are actually cheaper per 
square foot to use, though they cost more per pound. 
Permanent long-lived fine-leaved grasses provide a bet- 
ter appearing turf, than do the coarser, fast-growing 
grasses. Many “cheap” or ‘‘inferior’’ grass seeds are of- 
fered for sale. They are usually sold on the basis of price 
per pound which is the wrong way to buy seed. One 
pound of fine-leaved mix will sow 250 to 300 square 
feet. One pound of a “cheap” mix may cover only 75 
to 100 square feet. 
USE THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF SEED — The theory 
that if a little is good, more is better, certainly does not 
apply when seeding a lawn. The recommended rates of 
seeding have been carefully worked out to insure best 
results. To use more seed than is recommended results 
in a condition of crowded plants, causing individual 
lawn plants to fight for existence, thus weakening the 
sod and making the lawn easy prey for disease. 
SEEDING—Do not attempt to seed by hand when a 
strong wind is blowing as grass seeds are light and may 
be blown to spots in the garden where you don’t want 
grass to grow. Since even distribution of seed is essen- 
