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Title: Landreths' seed catalogue
Identifier: CAT31285599 (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: David Landreth & Sons; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : (David Landreth & Sons)
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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/ Lawn Grass. Emerald Green Grass Mixture* 100 Pounds Seed to the Acre* FOR PARKS, GOLF, CROQUET AND TENNIS GROUNDS, CRICKET AND ATHLETIC FIELDS. The I.andreth Lawn Grass Mixture which we offer should not be compared with the cheaper preparations advertised. Our prescription is of the best ' chosen varieties, as respects color, texture and permanency, and will be found clear of weed seeds. Any one who purchases cheap, badly mixed Lawn Grass will soon realize that it was a poor investment, as the error will stand out for years in glaring ugliness. Grass Seed ^Mixtures can be made of greater or less value per 100 lbs. according to the Costs and proportions of seeds used ; the lower the price per 100 lbs., of course, the cheaper the ingredients, just as in any other mixture. Prices charged by various Seed Establishments are no indication whatever of the merits of their combinations of varieties—the cheapest Mixtures at first are often the dearest at the end. The character of the prescriptions used by us are so absolutely of private record that they will not be divulged under any circumstances. The composition of the ^Mixtures is such as an experience Arith Grasses shows adapted for the purposes intended. -8^ Prices arc all by the pound, One Hundred Pounds being required to seed an acre. 1 lb. for space of 20 x 20 feet or 400 square feet. 4®="ror quantities over 20 pounds the price is reduced. 4®="We put up all the various Mixtures in sacks of 5, 10 and 20 pounds, and Grass for Surface Effect in packages of 14, and 1 pound. Reduced prices cn large quant'ties. At the single jifiund rate we prepay postage ; at the 100 lb. rate the seed will be shipped by Express or Freight at the expense of the purchaser. Grass for Surface Effect. — This prescription consists of 100 parts, divided in such proportion between those Grasses which our observation has indicated as best for general park effect, as respects color, density of herbage, vigor, quick recuperation after mowing, and^ permanency. The seed used are all well cleaned, and we believe them t0%e pure and full of \'itality, and all i)ersons using them are certain to seafere a stand, provided the land be properly prepared and the seed sowiK^ the proper time and at the right depth, and provided there be sufficienp^ainfall to germinate the seed. We cannot be responsible for the errors of the inexperienced. •Popular Mixture, per 100 lbs., Sl.'i.OO ; per lb., 30c. Superior Mixture, per 100 lbs., 5^18.00 ; l^er lb., 30c. Extra Special Mixture, per 100 lbs., ^3o.00 ; per lb., 50c. Grass to Resist Tramping on Athletic Grounds.—This prescription is also of 100 parts, but differs from our Park I^awn Grass in the list of varieties, a proportion of such sorts being here added as to better stand the wear and tear of tramping consequent upon games of Tennis, Cricket, Lacrosse and Base Ball. Popular Mixture, per 100 lbs., $24.00: per lb., Soc. Extra Special Mixture, per 100 lbs., f35.00 ; per lb., 50c. Grass for Shady Places.—Landreths' Mixture of varieties produces a reliable stand under dense shade of either pine or hardwood trees, in posi- tions where all other Grasses may have failed. Per 100 lbs., §25.00; per lb., 35c. Grass for Golf Links.—FOR THE COURSE.—This produces a soft, dense and uniform tiirf except where influenced by soil conditions, which are cer- tain to vary somewhat on an extended course. Popular Mixture, per 100 lbs., $20.00 ; per lb.. 30c. Extra Special Mixture, per 100 lbs., 3^35.00 ; per lb., 50c. For the Putting Green.-This will make a velvet or carpet-Mke sward. Popular Mixture, per 100 lbs., $25.00; per lb., 35c. Extra Special Mixture, per 100 lbs., $;3d.00 ; per lb., .50c. Old Lawns much in decay had best be plowed up, leveled up, and re- sown ; but often this course is not convenient, certainly not if a lawn can be renovated by a system takins less time. In that case" when prompt results are desirable, the old sod should be well combed by a harrow to tear out the dried Grass and easily extracted dead roots. This operation also breaks the earth, putting it in a pulverized condition to receive seed, which mav be sown broadcast, and falling between the li-sang Grass, roots into the friable and fresh soil, and is at once in position to germinate and occupy the space. On many lawns cut with the lawn mower there appear many pests—the Creeping Veronica and the Mouse-Eared Chickweed being prominent—which crowd out desirable Grasses and mar the appearance of the sward. Under such circumstances it is ad\ased to break up the parts affected and sow with seed of the Fescue, which will admit of such close cutting as to destroy all pestiferous plants. The seed of Fescue we quote at 30c. per lb. Grass Seed for Pasture. Mixed Grass Seed (for Permanent pasture on Light soils). 70 lbs. to the acre. Per 100 lbs., 517.00; per lb., 30c. Prices subject to fluctuation. Mixed Grass Seed (for Permanent pasture on Heavy soils), 70 lbs. to the acre. Per 100 lbs., $17.00; per lb., 30c. Prices subject to fluctuation. Read our Description of Grasses in Catalogue.
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The Seed Heads of Sixteen Varieties of Gra,ss, sometimes all, some- times A PART, USED IN VARIOUS LAWN GRASS MIXTURES. 1. Herds or Red Top. 2. Crested Dogstail. 3. Rhode Island Bent. 4. Wood Meadow. 5. Hair Grass. 6. Hassock Grass. 7. Canada Blue Grass. 13. Rough Stalked Meadow. S. Kentucky Blue Grass. 14. Sheep's Fescue. ',). Hard Fescue. 1 . Sweet Vernal. 10. Red Fescue. 16. Soft Meadow. 11. Various-leaved Fescue. 12. English Creeping Bent. SEE FOLLOWING PAGE. (43)

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