. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. t has never made a reputation for lawn thickly, at the rate of five bushels to theacre, this has formed a handsome, close, eventurf, hard to excel. The color is darker than RedTop, the blades coarser than Blue grass. It startsinto growth among the earliest iu the spring andcontinues to gi-ow late in the season. It alsokeeps in good color during drouth on unwateredlawn. If future tests on alarger scale and undermore varied circumstances shall confirm itsexcellence during
. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. t has never made a reputation for lawn thickly, at the rate of five bushels to theacre, this has formed a handsome, close, eventurf, hard to excel. The color is darker than RedTop, the blades coarser than Blue grass. It startsinto growth among the earliest iu the spring andcontinues to gi-ow late in the season. It alsokeeps in good color during drouth on unwateredlawn. If future tests on alarger scale and undermore varied circumstances shall confirm itsexcellence during two years past, we will be dis. their advantage, while certain ones have moreWhite Clover than others. We would not for a moment charge that thereputable seedsmen, whose mixtures we havetested, have knowingly sold their customers aformula of seed inferior to that of our No. trade in lawn grasses, extensive as it has be-come, is of comparatively recent development,and the seedsmen themselves may not be as wellinformed on the respective merits of differentgrasses as they should be. If they choose to. i,O0CiP^^<^a^^^\ A LONG NARROW SEVEN-ACRE PLAT LAID OUT AS A six of the foremost seed houses in the country. Of the respective plats of lawn now growingas a result of these tests, that sowed with lot 13,consisting of half and half Kentucky Blue Grassand Red Top has, all things considered, been thefinest plat, and steadily so from a month aftersowingin the spring of leSfl to the present grass is fine, thick, even, of good color, withno signs of coarseness. It is an ideal coat ofgrass for any lawn that is to receive mere ordin-ary attention. The growth is strong and closeenough that weeds seem to have no chance toget a footing, and White Clover does not spreadthrough it objectionably. Next to 12 we place the plat sown with lot 5,Blue Grass alone for fine quality and grass has the narrowest and finest leaves ofall the reliable hardy grasses. The growth
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