however, a good turf former, has a good color and a fine texture 

 (fig. 2), and under the usual lawn treatment forms an ideal lawn, 

 except during the winter months. 



St. Lucie grass, as mentioned above, has, for the purposes of lawn 

 making, certain advantages over the common variety, one of which 

 is its remaining green later in winter. On account of its habit of 

 of growing more upon the surface it can be more easily eradicated, 

 and is not so likely to become a pest. 



The quickest method for the production of a lawn, if the extent of 

 surface is not too great, is to transplant sod if that can be obtained. 

 A lawn can, however, be formed by the methods given under mead- 

 ows. To insure a perfect stand and uniform appearance, it may be 

 necessary to sprinkle or to hand- weed. It should be kept closely 

 mowed and rolled. 



METHODS OF ERADICATION. 



The very qualities which render Bermuda so valuable as a pasture 

 grass serve to 

 make it an ag- 

 gressive and pes- 

 tiferous weed. On 

 account of its tend- 

 ency to spread and 

 insinuate itself into 

 land where it is not 

 wanted, and to per- 

 sist in fields which 

 are to be used for 

 other purposes, it 

 has, in many cases, 

 not been utilized to 

 the extent that its 

 good qualities 

 would indicate. 

 However, it can be 

 eradicated from a 

 field with compar- 

 ative ease by proper cultivation. Since it will not thrive in the 

 shade, it is only necessary to smother it out by some quick-growing 

 crop. A method recommended by Southern agriculturists, and 

 which may be modified to suit conditi<jns, is to plow the land after 

 the last crop of hay is cut, if the field is a meadow, or about this 

 season if it is a pasture. Sow the field to oats, wheat, or other 

 thick-growing crops. When this crop is harvested, plow the land 

 immediately and plant to cowpeas. It is probably best to plant 



KiG.'J. -Acloselycul twrfof Hcrniuila (ii-ass(a8 seen fruinabove, 

 designed t« show texture). 



