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Title: Everything for the lawn
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Peter Henderson & Co Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seed industry and trade Catalogs Grasses Seeds Catalogs Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: New York : Peter Henderson & Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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ct lawn, we may-state that one quart of Lawn Grass mixture is suffici-ent to thoroughly sow an area of 20 feet by 15 feet—300 square feet—or to cover an acre five bushels willbe required. It should be borne in mind that in orderto produce the best results, grass seed for lawnsshould be sown at least twice as thick as if sown forhay. In fact, if very rapid results are wanted, alawn will be much quicker obtained by using one-thirdmore seed per acre—in a lawn of about an acre inextent, which we made, six bushels of the Hender-son Mixture were sown on the 25th of April, har-rowed well in, then rolled firmly with a heavy ironroller—the result was that by July 1st. or about sixtydays from the date of sowing—a perfect lawn wasobtained, having had to be twice mowed over byMachine previous to that date. Terraces and Slopes. hSSBSBE? to use sod. as the rains wash the soil off before thegrass seed has time to germinate. It is sometimeseven necessary, in sodding very steep banks, to useeverythingforlaw18pete_0
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