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* Little or no top dressing is needed for the grass on ordinary 
awns. On tennis lawns, &c., a light surfacing of fine sandy loam 
will be needed to keep a really good surface. 
“ In competition with Couch grass* it always obtains the mastery. 
Especially is this noticeable on ” closely cropped lawns. The 
growth of the Blue Couch appears to smother the Couch. 
*“Weeds such as clover, — Medicago, &c., are just as 
troublesome on lawns covere ue Couch as those laid on 
Couch. It succumbs to opal or me quicker than Couch 
ateaide to use a broom, have, after a soaking tess rain or fst pa 
recovered in two or three days to such an extent that the lawn- 
mower has been needed. It forms a denser thy than the Couch, 
and its runners are only about the same thickness. 
“It travels over the surface much more slowly than Couch, but 
in forming new Towns, i seed were used, this would be an advan- 
obtained, Provididis it be kept close mown, it is an easy grass for 
the lawn-mower. If, however, it is allowed to siabe a little head- 
way, especially during its flowering period, it will give the machine 
arge amount of trouble to reduce to a smooth uniform surface, as 
its stems pass in numbers between the knives and cutting-plate, and 
remain unsevered, presenting a mangled appearance. If the lawn- 
mower is in first-rate condition this does not happen, ee gti 
and experience demonstrate that lawn-mowers are se this 
much-to-be-desired state. If allowed to grow at will, avd oiatib 
give ne really good scythe men more difficulty to mow creditably 
than this. 
“ Conclusions :—After two and a half years’ experience I should 
still give Couch grass the preference for fine lawn work. 1+ stands 
wear and tear better. It withstands drought better. Durin 
and showery weather it dries more quickly. 1t gives less mee 
to the mowing-machine. It is quickly and easily repaired. Its 
“eraser lie closer to the ground, Weeds are removed more easily 
rom 
Even more favourable is a report furnished by Mr. Ernest A. 
Bonney, of Longueville, near Sydney, a gentleman who has had 
very considerable experience in regard to bowling greens and 
aroguis awns, ys 
“ After an experience of five or six years of this grass on my 
croquet lawn at Longueville, on the Lane Cove River, my opinion 
is that it is much more suitable for ree greens and croquet 
lawns in the coastal districts of New th Wales, especially in 
loamy or sandy soil, than aie —— ink is so generally used 
around Sydney. . My n lawn was made about nine years 
ago in dark sandy soil, the serkdee. of which contained a considerable 
quantity of decayed ‘vegetable matter, . . About a fourth 
part of the lawn was turfed, and the remainder planted with Couch. 
About three years afterwards I noticed the Blue Couch, but do not 
ow where it came from, as I have not seen it about Longueville. 
- * This name stands here for Cynodon Dactylon. The objectionable Couch 
grass of England is Zriticwm repens. 
