114 JoURXxVL OF THE MiTCIIELL SoCIETY \_NoV. 



Stable manure was used at the time of sowing, and bone meal 

 has been twice used as a top dressing. The lawn is about 

 half shaded, watered only near the house and regularly 

 mowed. Results : 



Sheep fescue so thick over most of the area as to make a very good 

 effect. Blue grass only in richer places. 



Weeds : vi^hite clover in abundance ; plantain and dock scattered. 



4. The lawn was sown with Woods lawn mixture in the 

 fall of 1910. Soil is loam, partial shade. Stable manure 

 was used for fertilizer, the ground well ploughed, peas sown, 

 and this followed with the grass mixture ; reg-ularly watered 

 and mowed; cotton seed meal used as a top dressing. Places 

 exposed to sun have been sown several times. Results : 



Blue grass in shade 30% 



Red top 30% 



Sheep fescue 20% 



Weeds : Very few^, much moss. 



5. This lawn was sown with Woods evergreen mixture 

 in the spring of 1911, and resown in the spring of 1913. 

 Part of the lawn was recently a garden spot ; the other part is 

 a made soil from excavation. No fertilizer used at first, but 

 a top dressing of stable manure in 1913. There is very little 

 shade; no regular watering, but mowed regiilarly. Results: 



Bare ground 20% 



Blue grass in shade 10% 



Red top 10% 



Rye grass 5% 



Bermuda grass 15% 



Weeds : Chickweed bad and solid on large areas, wild onions, 

 dock, etc. 



6. The lawn here is natural. Soil is gravel and clay; 

 some shade; no water; no fertilizer. Results: 



Blue grass 40% 



Bermuda grass 15% 



Weeds : White clover about 20%, plantain about 20%, ciiickweed 

 bad in spots, some dock, Ranuncnlus parviflorus plentiful. 



