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perfectly smooth, and then well watered, after which the paste should be applied, 

 and made as even and as thin as possible. 



To Restore Old or Worn Lmvns. — In early spring or late August scratch or 

 rake up the bare spots, and sow the seed liberally, using about half the quantity 

 recommended for laying down a new lawn ; cover very lightly and roll, or press 

 down firmly with a board, or back of the spade. A light mulch of clean, short 

 grass or fine old manure may be of benefit if the weather should turn dry. For 

 large lawns a light steel harrow may be used to advantage in stirring up the old 

 surface. 



J. T. LOVETT. 



Little Silver, N. J. 



PPOpagrating" Hardy Roses. — The simplest way for amateurs who have 

 no greenhouse to propagate roses is to prune the mother plants hard in spring 

 and then layer them as soon as the young wood has completed its growth, which 

 will be about the beginning of July. Let these layers remain at the parent plant 

 till the fall of the following year, then take them up and transplant them. They 

 will make very strong plants. From cuttings it is more difficult, but it can be 

 done. Have a small sash over a frame, put a 3-inch deep layer of moss into it, 

 pressing it down solid, then put 2^ inches deep of sand on top of the moss and 

 press it firm too, and water it. Then after the middle of June take firm current 

 year's wood, not too strong, three to four inches long, and shorten the leaves, 

 then plant them solidly into the frame, and water them. Keep them generally 

 moist, but give air to dry off the over moislness ; also give a little shade. In 

 fall they can be potted, or, better still, let them alone in the frame till spring, 

 covering it with some rank litter in winter, and from time to time in fine weather 

 ventilate the frame a little. Pot or transplant them in spring. 



Budding roses is very easy. The Manetti is still the best stock. Budding 

 can be done about the middle or end of June. Insert the buds as low down on 

 the stocks as possible, even take the soil away from about the neck of the plant 

 to allow you to get the bud in there. But after the buds have taken replace the 

 soil. In spring cut the heads of the stocks back to the inserted bud. After the 

 bud begins to grow, suckers from the roots are apt to show themselves, but 

 remove them as soon as you notice them. — American Gardening. 



Ashes for Lawn. — Here is what William S. Egerton, Superintendent of 

 Parks, Albany, says upon this subject : — "Canada hardwood ashes have been 

 used for topdressing the lawns last spring and this fall, two carloads, or some 

 forty tons, having been distributed over the lawns, with the addition of several 

 tons of ground bone phosphate. In this connection it may be proper to question 

 the economy of using barnyard manures, as ordinarily applied in the fall, and 

 raked off in the spring, when these ashes can be secured at $10 per ton. The 

 ashes are as effective when applied, and apparently as lasting in their beneficial 

 effects, with the additional recommendation of being entirely free from noxious 

 seeds," 



