. 32nd annual catalogue. Nursery stock Iowa Des Moines Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. 42 Seed Catalogue and Garden Guide A NICE LAWN Thank God for grass! No other glory vies With the refreshing glory of the grass; Not e'en the blue of the o''erbending skies, Nor fading splendors when the daylight dies, Can this sweet smile of living green surpass. A nice velvety lawn adds more to the beauty of a place than any other adornment, and even the humblest home may be made attractive with such surroundings,
. 32nd annual catalogue. Nursery stock Iowa Des Moines Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. 42 Seed Catalogue and Garden Guide A NICE LAWN Thank God for grass! No other glory vies With the refreshing glory of the grass; Not e'en the blue of the o''erbending skies, Nor fading splendors when the daylight dies, Can this sweet smile of living green surpass. A nice velvety lawn adds more to the beauty of a place than any other adornment, and even the humblest home may be made attractive with such surroundings, while without a good lawn even the finest flowering plants and elegantly arranged beds seem insignificant. How important it is then to plan for the best lawn obtainable. Do not spend money in sodding a lawn, for it is expensive and seldom satisfactory. When sod is cut from the roadside or some out of the way pasture, it is poor in quality and full of weeds and when unevenly laid produces a rough surface which disfigures the lawn. It costs much less to sow the seed and the lawn is far better Ask for circular, "How to Make a ; EVERGREEN MIXED LAWN GRASS SEED.—This is a mixture of the best varieties of grass seeds, suited for growing together in the central and northern states, and will make a beautiful soft velvety lawn and as handsome green as an emerald, and is formed' of grasses which keep green from early spring all through the hot dry summer weather, until late in the fall. It comes up quickly (in about two weeks after seed is sown, and after once up it soon spreads to cover the ground and is ready for the lawn mower in six to eight weeks. It is permanent, main- taining its beauty for a lifetime, although it is a good plan to give any lawn a top seeding once in every two or three years. This mixture is made by ourselves from new crop, recleaned pure seeds of the best va- rieties, well suited for even and permanent growth, as good as money can buy. It cannot
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