January 9, 1909 



HORTICU Lt URlt. 



45 



LAWN MAKING. 



Leonard Barron's little volume is 3 

 readable compendium of modern 

 thought and practice on lawn making. 

 The author has been particularly happy 

 in reflecting in easily understandable 

 language the best ideas of the men 

 who really know. This is the only 

 book of its kind and will do a vast 

 amount of good in educating the 

 general public in correct methods. 

 The chapters devoted to seeding are 

 worthy of an expert. The only con- 

 tribution the writer can think of, to 

 add to its value, would be in the line 

 of recommending a greater variety of 

 species in the lawn mixtures; Crested 

 Dogstail for instance. This is a deep 

 rootng grass, and will do well even in 

 dry situations, so it is a mistake to 

 class it among the kinds that only do 

 well in shady situations. In America 

 we have to depend on Kentucky Blue 

 as a basis for our lawn mixtures, in- 

 stead of the Lolium perenne of Euro- 

 pean practice. Crested Dogstail, in 

 addition to its other good qualities, is 

 exactly the same shade as Kentucky 

 Blue, a"d blends finely with that varie- 

 ty. Every first-class seed house uses 

 it in making up their finest mixtures. 

 Mr. Barron has done a great injustice 

 to this variety in placing it in a subor- 

 dinate position. Red Fescue is another 

 good species for some purposes, and 

 is not mentioned at all. Sweet Vernal 

 and Hard Fescue are also deserving 

 of higher consideraton. Supplemented 

 with "Barenbrug on Grasses" any stu- 

 dent of the theory and practice of 

 lawn making will be well equipped if 

 all the points are well digested. 



G. G. WATSON. 



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