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Blue grass 80% 



Bermuda grass 10% 



Red top 5% 



Low spear grass (Poa anima) plentiful in spots 



Weeds : Hop clover, plantain, dandelions, onions, chickweed, a 

 good deal of moss. 



11. Following a crop of peas, Wood's lawn mixture was 

 sown in 1909. Stable manure was used as fertilizer. The 

 lawn is partly shaded, regularly mowed, but not regularly 

 watered. Results : 



Blue grass 30% 



Bermuda grass 5% 



Red top 5% 



Weeds : Hop clover about 30%, white clover, onions, chickweed, 

 dandelions. In spring of 1915 chickweed had covered ground in large 

 part, killing out grasses; Ranunculus parviflorus is also plentiful now. 



12. The lawn was sown with Wood's lawn mixture in 

 1904, following peas, with stable manure as a top dressing. 

 There is but little shade, but the lawn is regularly watered 

 and mowed. Results : 



Blue grass 75% 



Red top 5% 



Bermuda grass 5% 



Creeping bent 5% 



Weeds : Chickweed, dandelions, onions, and plantain. 



13. This has been a natural lawn for at least forty years. 

 No fertilizing or watering, but regularly mowed; heavily 

 shaded. Results : 



Blue grass 80% 



Bare ground 15% 



Weeds: Smut grass plentiful in spots, curled grass g^as in old 

 Mangum lawn), American pennyroyal {Ilcdcoma pulegioides). 



14. A natural lawn for at least 15 years. It is well 

 shaded, especially with cedars; not watered; occasionally 

 mowed. Results: 



Blue grass is about 95% in greater part of the lawn. There is some 

 sweet vernal grass, and Paspalum. 



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