Ornamental Planting. 



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is likely to take hold of spots where bare clay is so tenacious that the 

 grasses themselves can not immediately find a foot-hold. 



The clovers will in a few seasons mellow and ameliorate even a 

 hard clay so the lawn grasses will eventually come in and take their 

 place. The clovers will make a fair lawn cover on a hard clay soil until 

 they finally prepare the area for the growth of the finer grasses. 



In making the la\Mi, the owTier is usually troubled the first year 

 or two with the question of what to do with noxious weeds such as 

 dock, dandelion, etc. For the most part, these weeds will disappear as 



Figure 5— Good use of vines, trees and slirubs, with bit of green lawn. 



fast as the soil is well fitted to grow grasses. It may be desirable, how- 

 ever, to dig out here and there the largest docks, burdocks or thistles. 

 In the main, however, the weeds soon give way if the lawn is frequently 

 mowed, and the grass will eventually cover the areas, especially if 

 stable manure is used as a winter dressing until the soil becomes rich 

 enough to support a good growth of grass. 



Shade trees may be planted either in fall or spring. In fact it may 

 be done at any time in the year after the leaves are off in the fall, and 

 before they leave out again in spring, whenever the ground is not 



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