. Dreer's garden calendar : 1897. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. DREER'S RELIABLE SEEDS. 5J Grass Seeds for Lawn and Pleasure Grounds. The increasing demand for Lawn Mixtures, and results given by experiments, has enabled us to study the grasses best suited to all climates and locations. The constant use of the Ball and Cricket Grounds at the season when rains are not generally copious, necessitates skill and care when such grounds are prepared. It is therefore imperativ


. Dreer's garden calendar : 1897. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. DREER'S RELIABLE SEEDS. 5J Grass Seeds for Lawn and Pleasure Grounds. The increasing demand for Lawn Mixtures, and results given by experiments, has enabled us to study the grasses best suited to all climates and locations. The constant use of the Ball and Cricket Grounds at the season when rains are not generally copious, necessitates skill and care when such grounds are prepared. It is therefore imperative to provide such perennial grasses that will maintain not only color, but also to grow constantly during the hot dry season. In no other mixtures of grasses are these points more rigidly adhered to than in our Fairmount Park and Evergreen Mixtures. We have supplied 6ome of the largest contracts of landscape work during the last year, viz. : Willow Grove Park, Overbrook Farms and Pelham ; also Merion, Belmont and Manheim Cricket Grounds, Golf Links, and Polo Grounds ; also many private estates whose Lawns are models of perfection. The accompanying illustration is a view of the extensive Lawn of Wm. P. Henszey, Esq., Wynnewood, Pa., (taken with our camera) plainly showing the results of a well kept DREER'S FAIRMOUNT PARK LAWN MIXTURE Is a compound of grasses which ripen successively, thereby always presenting a green and cheerful ap- pearance. The mixture we offer has stood the test of years. Dreer's Fairmount Park Lawn Mixture is one grade—and that the highest. For Railroad Em- bankments, Terraces, exposed Lawns, and also for the light Seashore sandy soils. Sow7 4 bushels per acre —one quart is sufficient for a plot 20by 15 feet, or 300 square feet. 20 cts. per qt. (25 cts. postpaid), $ per bushel of 20 lbs. ($ per bushels of 15 lbs.) DREER'S EVERGREEN LAWN MIXTURE. This mixture is the first in quality; many of the finest private grounds around Philadelphia a


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