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| Keywords: Garden and farm seeds (16371814512).jpg V «R1E/; <br> A CURRIE CO fe jg8 f no wisconsm st Milwaukee W is <br> LAWN GRASS MIXTURES <br> AN EVERGREEN LAWN AND HOW TO MAKE IT <br> Our many years of practical experience in making lawns <br> is placed at the service of our customers in the mixtures of <br> grass seeds we offer The first great care in the formation <br> of a lawn is to see that the ground is thoroughly prepared <br> by being well pulverized after the soil has been well en- <br> riched and worked over The seed should then be sown using <br> a liberal quantity so as to insure a thick even growth A <br> good lawn may be secured in a few weeks by giving it <br> proper care and the necessary quantity of seed We recom- <br> mend the following quantities when seed of first-class qual- <br> ity is used 1 lb to 400 square feet; 20 lbs to 8 000 square <br> feet; 100 lbs per acre <br> Lawn Grass <br> SPECIAL EVERGREEN LAWN GRASS MIXTURE <br> If wanted by mail add 10c per lb for postage <br> A splendid mixture of dwarf compact growing grasses <br> all of which have been thoroughly tested and free from im- <br> purities and put up in the proper proportions for forming a <br> thick velvety turf Only the heaviest and best grass seeds <br> are used making the actual weight per bushel 20 lbs instead <br> of 14 lbs which is the usual weight per bushel of lawn in S the seed Per lb 35c; 5 lbs 1 65; 20 lbs 1 bushel <br> grass mixtures 6 00; 100 lbs 30 00 <br> 42 <br> While the price of this mixture may seem high it in <br> reality is the cheapest being composed of the purest and <br> heaviest seed free from light material and chaff During the <br> early summer months we frequently produce a good sod <br> from this mixture ready for cutting four months after sow- 42156494 132761 65916 Page 42 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/42156494 1912 10 5962/bhl title 65916 A Currie Company ; Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection Biodiversity Heritage Library Garden and farm seeds spring 1912 Garden Stories Bulbs Plants Catalogs Equipment and supplies Flowers Gardening Nurseries Horticulture Plants Ornamental Seeds Vegetables U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 42156494 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/42156494 bhlGardenStories BHLinbloom bulbs plants nurseries horticulture plants ornamental u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-01-26 Check categories 2015 August 25 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16371814512 2015-08-25 06 52 27 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Garden and farm seeds 1912 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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