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vided the ground is dry enough to work well, the better. 

 By sowing in March, or early in April, a respectable 

 lawn may usually be established by mid-summer. The 

 great advantage of early sowing is, that the seeds and 

 young plants have the benefit of spring rains and cool, 

 growing weather. I have made fair lawns by sowing in 

 the middle of June, in hot, dry weather, with the use of 

 plenty of water and a sprinkler, but at best it is up-hill 

 work at such a time. Early fall sowing is generally suc- 

 cessful. Some advise the sowing of a thin sprinkling of 

 oats, along with the grass seed to shade the young grass. 

 This sometimes has a very favorable effect. 



As the grass starts up, and weeds with it, the mower 

 must be kept at work on the new lawn. The Aveed seed 

 lying in the ground usually comes up quickly, and will 

 prove annoying for a while, but if the grass Avas sown 

 thickly enough, and the mowing, together Avith going 

 over the lawn and cutting out coarse growing weeds, 

 is attended to for the first season or two, the lawn will 

 come out all right in the end. 



On the general care of lawns see Part V. 



CHAPTEK XXXIV. 



WALKS AND DRIVES. 



Good dry walks and roads are a great comfort about 

 the home. As soon as the lawn is sown or sodded, with 

 an edging of firm turf along the roads and walks, the work 

 of construction may commence. The first thing to do in 

 the way of putting down walks or drives is to cnt the 

 turf edge to the exact width desired. In principle of 

 construction there is little difference between the two ; 

 but the walk being narrower and not subject to so 

 severe usage as the driveway, there may be a little differ- 

 ence in details. 



