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Cape of the Lawn. — Mowing should be done at least once a week in 

 favorable growing weather, and even in dry, warm weather it should be cut 

 twice a month. If the lawn has been properly made in the first place, and top 

 dressed, the weather will have to be very dry to prevent its growth. The best 

 mode of maintaining is the care given at proper times. In the fall it is neces- 

 sary to give a good scarifying ; this is done with a sharp-toothed rake made for 

 that purpose. This operation is called cultivating. If the grass grows thin in 

 some places, another light sowing should be made, then cover with tobacco 

 stems, if the space is not very extensive, or give a coat of kainit ; this should be 

 applied in December. The scarifying process may be done again in spring, but 

 not very heavy, merely enough to give a good combing all over. If top dressing 

 can be done, good rotted manure may be used, allowing to lay from March to 

 May, and then raked off with a coarse rake. 



Weeds are offensive and unsightly ; cutting out of the large ones is sufficient, 

 as the smaller ones are choked by constant mowing. This means perpetuating 

 and caring for a lawn is open for improvement, also varies in different localities. 

 Where fertilizers containing pure bone in majority can be secured at small 

 expense it is advisable to use, and avoid manure from the stable because of its 

 weed producing. — American Gardening. 



Sow Cyclamen Seed in pots or pans filled two-thirds with drainage and 

 one-third with loamy soil. Cover the seeds an eighth of an inch deep, set the 

 pot up to the light, but shade from sun- 

 shine and keep the temperature at 60° at 

 night. Prick off the seedlings when 

 about three weeks old, and when big 

 enough pot singly into three-inch pots, 

 then into four-inch pots, and finally into 

 five-inch during September. Keep in 

 active growth during spring and summei 

 and do not allow them to dry or rest. A 

 soil consisting of three-parts in bulk of 

 sod loam and one-third of old rotted cow 

 manure suits the plants very well. In 

 fine weather, when not in bloom, syringe 

 daily, in the morning in winter and after- 

 noon in summer. Green fly is trouble- 

 some to the cyclamen, but by strewing 

 fresh tobacco stems under and about the plants this insect pest is easily removed. 

 — Farm and Home. 



Fig. 771. 



