Vegetable, field and flower seeds: annual catalog

              SELECT VEGETABLE, FIELD AND  FLOWER  SEEDS
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Lawn  Grass  Seeds
TESTED SEEDS. PURE, FRESH AND EXTRA CLEAN
We make a  specialty  of Grass  Seeds and send out
only such as will meet the approval of the most critical
Our Special Mixtures of Grasses for Lawns are justly celebrated for producing perfect, rich, deep green sward from
early spring till late in the fall. The varieties are specially selected, tested and blended by us, and the lawns made from our formulas are unsurpassed anywhere for beauty and color. As a result of our care in invariably furnishing clean, pure, fresh seeds,
our trade has grown rapidly.
Buffalo has long been noted for the extent and beauty of its private lawns, and no city in this country can surpass it in the
luxuriant, rich green carpets in our parks and which surround many of our finest private residences and public institutions.
HOW TO MAKE A BEAUTIFUL LAWN
A beautiful lawn, with its close, velvety turf, is a most essential feature in the adornment of a home. Without it the finest
flowering plants and beds seem out of place.
Good, clean, fresh seed is a most important consideration in making a good lawn. The varieties which our experience
has taught us are best adapted to successfully meet the peculiarities of our climate, compose our mixtures. These hardy, compact-
growing sorts, sown with proper care, produce a fine, close, velvety turf, which, with little attention, will continue beautiful for
mpny years.
Seeding. It is a well-established fact that the finest and most lasting lawns result from seeding and not from sodding. In
preparing the soil for a perfect lawn, it must not be forgotten that as much care should be exercised as for vegetables, flowers or