LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



success in its results. No besting il given to the sod — the 

 roller doing all the pre ss u re needed to form a good Bor£ 



Seed j<>r Ltnoru. — Let the ground he first thoroughly prepared, 

 that is, dag at least one foot Letter ;.. be eighteen inches — 



deep, and all of this depth to be of good, rich, loamy sod. n 

 inehes of poor clay or sand with two inches «>f top dressing, l»ut 

 all the depth of good loam Buitable for -rowing a beavy crop of 

 corn or a bed of carrots; make the whole depth and quality of 

 soil uniform, without regard to the rise and fall of the gn 

 in other words, do not form the soil in one place fourteen inehes 

 deep and in another only ten, and then calling it an average of 

 one foot; because the lawn hereafter will tell of your work by 

 its exhibit of rich green grass in the deep soil places and of 

 yellow dried spots in the shallow ones ; but make it all an even, 

 regular depth, whether on arising knoll or a low level grade 

 Rake and pulverize with the roller all the top surface as fin 

 an ash heap. When ready for sowing, procure for one acre— or 

 in proportions according to the surface to be seeded — two 

 bushels of Blue Grass, two bushels of Red Top. half a bushel of 

 Creeping Bent, and one-eighth bushel of White Clover: mingle 

 them well together, and then divide into three equal parts. S -w 

 iirst one part; then go over the ground with a line rake, sal 

 from north to south, raking the whole surface back and forth to 

 lightly cover the seed; then sow another third portion of the 

 seed and repeat the raking <e, or from east to we.-t ; then 



sow the last remaining portion of seed, and with a bcavy roller, 



roll or press the whole surfaee, both for the pnrp i f cementing 



the seed in the soil for vegetating, and also id prevont measur- 

 ably the wash liable to accrue from rains. We BOmetimt 

 advice of one bushel ofaeedtoan acre; again, of two orl 

 with a sprinkling of rye. as they amy, to ahade theyoun 

 the adviser probably forgetting that the itrong, rank roots of the 

 rye do more injury by extraction of moisture and f 1 from the 



roo's than the benefit, if there m any, obtained from its shade. 



Loudon, we believe, was in the practice ..f Qsing from >i\ to 



eight bushels of seed to tin- acre; Downing, from (bur to 

 and our experience of twenty yean over many ami many an 



