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CHAPTER VII 
reg eC ft ee Pes 28> en Aes Le Ss ISBT 
Essentials for a lawn, 61—Blue-grass, 61—Rhode Island 
bent, 62—Bermuda-grass, 62—Less important lawn- 
grasses, 63—Lawn mixtures, 64—Preparation of the 
soil, 65—Seeding, 65—Subsequent care, 66—Watering, 
66—Turfing, 67. 
CHAPTER VIII 
Grasses USED FOR MISCELLANEOUS PURPOSES . . ... 68-74 
Ornamental grasses, 68—The bamboos, 69—Soil- 
binding, 69—Sand-dunes, 69—Reclaiming sand-dunes, 
70—Sand-binders, 71—Fixing sand with beach-grass, 
71—Sugar-producing grasses, 72—Sugar-cane, 72— 
Sorgho or sorghum, 73—Textile grasses, 73—Other uses, 
74—Green-manuring, 74. 
CHAPTER IX 
Rr ef ke eee gig STS Ak oe 
Classes of weeds, 75—Perennial weeds, 76—Weedy 
grasses, 76—Annual weeds, 76—On the Pacific coast, 
77—Perennial weedy grasses, 77—The seriously trouble- 
some weeds, 78. 
CHAPTER X 
SEOs AABEAGS Sey ko isl ge pele a OS OESE 
Moisture, 77—Temperature, 79—The timothy area, 80— 
The Bermuda-grass area, 81—The Great Plains, 81— 
Forage crops for the Great Plains, 82—The arid section, 
83—The Pacific slope, 84—The relative importance of 
the different kinds of forage in the different regions of 
the United States, 84—Remarks on Table XVII, 85. 
