. Trade list, spring, 1902. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. i(> G. C. WATSON. , TRADE IJST, SPRING, iqo?.. Photograph of Lan'u on Estate of J. IV. Gribhel, Esq.,Jetikintoiu)i, Pa., showing how a good green sod can be had in 6 weeks from sowing by the use of Watson's Lawn Grass. Sown Sept. 4, igoi. Photographed Oct. 16, igoi. THE COMMON 5ENSE OF LAWN MAKING. Extract from ayi article by George C. Watson^ in Pxiblic Ledger
. Trade list, spring, 1902. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. i(> G. C. WATSON. , TRADE IJST, SPRING, iqo?.. Photograph of Lan'u on Estate of J. IV. Gribhel, Esq.,Jetikintoiu)i, Pa., showing how a good green sod can be had in 6 weeks from sowing by the use of Watson's Lawn Grass. Sown Sept. 4, igoi. Photographed Oct. 16, igoi. THE COMMON 5ENSE OF LAWN MAKING. Extract from ayi article by George C. Watson^ in Pxiblic Ledger. Nearh' everj- seedsman says his mixture of grass seeds for lawns and pleasure grounds is the ' perfect' lawn grass; but a 'perfect' lawn grass has not y^t been discovered. The most a seedsman can do is" to have an ideal and try to reach it. If he wishes to make a perfect lawn grass he can but use the best varieties for this climate, using the experience of the past as to what does best here and the proper proportion of each sort. From first to last it is an endless chain, with links closely interlocking. The good, the indifferent, the bad grass mixtures—the world is full of them. But the good are hard to find. Are they worth finding? You can get a good lawn grass if you want it, but you must take the trouble to find it. Many good gardeners tell us that a mixture is unnecessary, that Kentucky blue grass is all that is needed to make a perfect lawn, and will point to instances in their experience for a demonstration. This contention is so far true that seedsmen have now corae to make Kentucky blue grass the foundation of their lawn mixtures. The reasons for adding other varieties to the Kentucky blue are various, one of the principal being that this fine species does not stand our hot summers so well as some others. Then, again, it will not do as well as the wood meadow grass will in the shade of trees. For upland, where the soil is light, there is nothing better than th
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