The Canadian Horticulturist. 333 



BEGIN ON THE LAWN NOW. 



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HE month of September is the best time for seeding new grounds, 

 and all preparatory work on them should be completed this month. 

 It ought to be kept in mind in making this preparation that it can 

 be done but once, and it is for a long time ; therefore it should be 

 1 thorough. Deep plo\nng or spading is a necessity for a good 

 growth of grass. If the ground is wet or springy it must first be 

 underdrained. 



The final work is to pulverize the surface soil to the last degree ; it is not 

 possible to make it too fine and mellow for the reception of the seed. If stable 

 manure is ploughed in, it must be old and well rotted, otherwise the crop of 

 weeds will be too great. In place of stable manure use at the rate of 300, 400, 

 or 500 pounds to the acre of some good commercial fertilizer. When the grass 

 starts, whatever manure or fertilizer may have been used, there will also appear 

 more or less weeds ; many of these will be killed by frost later, but others will 

 come again in the spring, for the seeds are in the ground and must germinate. 

 Do not be surprised, therefore, to see them, but one need not be alarmed, for 

 most of them will soon perish after cutting commences, or at latest by next 

 autumn. Some kinds, however, should be removed in the early spring if they 

 appear, especially dandelion and plantain. 



In dragging and fining the surface soil see that all little depressions are 

 worked out and the whole left as it is desired to appear when in grass. Use 

 plenty of seed. It is poor economy to be stingy in seeding grass. The thicker 

 it comes up the better the lawn, while if the seeding is sparse it often takes two 

 or three years to remedy it. Choose a still day for seeding, when there is little 

 or no wind, and scatter the seed as evenly as possible, and at the rate of at least 

 four bushels to the acre. Afterwards rake over lightly, or if the surface is a 

 large one, drag it with a light harrow or brush. — Landscape Architect. 



Begonias love to be outside in summer providing they are shaded from 

 sunshine, and are kept moist at the root and rather dry overhead, and by this 

 time of year they are generally big, fat and flourishing. But very soon we are 

 likely to have cool nights and occasional cold .wet rains ; begonias under such 

 conditions are apt to lose their working roots by rot, then no matter how good 

 lool^g the foliage may be it soon will suffer, and the plants assume a sorry 

 plight. This teaches us that they should be brought indoors early, say before 

 the middle of September, and before any of these unfavorable conditions arrive. 

 Window plants may be kept on the piazza over night and in stormy weather. 

 Begonias that are planted out should be lifted and potted, kept sheltered in 

 frames or a house, and shaded from sunshine, but not 'coddled at all. As a 

 rule hereabout tuberous begonias have been less satisfactory out of doors than 

 usual, but nothing is brighter as pot plants or planted out in frames, and covered 

 with shaded sash tilted up day and night. Save seeds from the best varieties. — 

 Gardening. 



