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The nut grass is almost ineradicable, and when it is thor- 

 oughly established one should proceed with the lawn exactly 

 as if it were not present. 



Onions, while very tenacious, can and should be removed. 

 One way is to loosen up the bulbs with a long narrow mat- 

 tock and lift each clump as it appears. It is also claimed 

 tliat onions can be killed by squirting a half teaspoonful of 

 crude carbolic acid down into the center of each clump with 

 an oil can. 



Dandelioiis are not the pest with us that they are in the 

 north but they become somewhat troublesome near the north- 

 ern limit of our range. They should be removed with the 

 sharp corner of a hoe, as should also the plaintains and smut 

 grass. 



Bermuda grass as a weed is of such a nature as to war- 

 rant special remark. Bermuda is a sun-loving plant, and in 

 shaded lawns will not cause much trouble. But in open 

 sunny lawns in the South it is the exception when Bermuda 

 does not enter and gain the mastery. In such a case the wise 

 man will accept the decree of fate, and console himself with 

 the thought that Bermuda will give a sod that for firmness, 

 evenness, and duration cannot be surpassed in the South. 

 Furthermore it has the exceedingly great advantage of not 

 requiring water. It is moreover not difficult to superimpose 

 a wiutergreen lawn on the brown Bermuda by sowing in Octo- 

 ber a generous amount of perennial rye grass on the sod, 

 adding at the same time a good application of bone meal or 

 cotton-seed meal. The rains will beat the seeds down to a 

 foothold, and their prompt growth will offset the approach- 

 ing passage of the Bermuda to its winter brown. The rye 

 grass, while a temporary perennial, will disappear in part 

 during the following season, and should be sown again each 

 fall. In open places under average conditions, we must ac- 

 cept this as the best solution of our lawn problem in the 

 coastal plain region of the South. A Bermuda grass lawn is 

 best started by solving the chopped up runners in ^March. 



A word finally to those who think that any kind of lawn 



