. Currie's farm and garden annual : spring 1916. owed in seeding, they never fail to produce quickly athrifty growth of fine, velvety, rich green grass, continuousin verdure from early spring to winter, and creating aspringy, dense, carpet-like turf and permanently beautifullawn. THE QUANTITY OF SEED REQUIRED There is no fixed rule, but a liberal sowing is always satisfactory, -while a lightseeding is a waste of time and usually disappointing. A beau-tiful lawn may be produced in a few weeks, or it may not ap-proach perfection for two or more seasons, according to thequantity of Seed sown. Whe
. Currie's farm and garden annual : spring 1916. owed in seeding, they never fail to produce quickly athrifty growth of fine, velvety, rich green grass, continuousin verdure from early spring to winter, and creating aspringy, dense, carpet-like turf and permanently beautifullawn. THE QUANTITY OF SEED REQUIRED There is no fixed rule, but a liberal sowing is always satisfactory, -while a lightseeding is a waste of time and usually disappointing. A beau-tiful lawn may be produced in a few weeks, or it may not ap-proach perfection for two or more seasons, according to thequantity of Seed sown. When in a hurry for a fine, closeturf, we have frequently sown at the rate of seven bushelsof 20 lbs. each to the acre, with the most gratifying- results,but in general the following quantities will produce the bestresults: 1 quart to 250 square feet; 1 pound to 400 squarefeet; 5 pounds to 2,000 square feet; 20 pounds to 8,000 squarefeet; 100 pounds per acre. For renovating old lawns aboutone-half the above quantities, on the average, is CURRIES SPECIAL LAWN GRASS MIXTURE THOROUGHLY TESTED AND ANALYZED FOR GERMINATION AND PURITY. Composed of Evergreen Grasses, best suited to our American Climate, and made tip from only the finest and cleanestgrades of Seed. This splendid mixture is composed of only the finest dwarf-growing evergreen grasses; absolutely freefrom -weed seeds or other impurities; especially adapted and mixed in the proper proportion to suit the American comparing the cost of our Special Lawn Grass with other mixtures sent out by the trade, remember that the actualweight per measured bushel of our mixture is 20 pounds, while that of most mixtures is only 14 pounds per bushel. Toobtain this exceptionally heavy weight per bushel, -we must and do use only the heaviest and best samples of the variousgrasses which compose our mixture. This is in itself a guarantee against sowing -weed seeds, as the heavier the mixture themore thoroughly recleaned have
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