110 GRASSES AND HOW TO GROW THEM. 



When a blue grass lawn is well established under 

 suitable conditions and with ordinary care, it is there 

 to remain. If a more vigorous growth is wanted it may 

 be secured l)y to]) dressing with farmyard manure or 

 with compost Avell decomposed and preferably applied 

 in the autumn. In some instances the dressing should 

 be raked oft* in the spring. Wood ashes and commercial 

 fertilizers may also l)e applied, but these do not afford 

 winter protection as does the manure or the compost. If 

 commercial fertilizers are applied, those nitrogenous in 

 character are to be preferred. 



