108 Ube OLawn. 



lawn as shown in B, Fig. 57, care must be taken to make 

 the edge equally high above the surface of the walk at all 

 parts. If the sod is uneven, loose soil must be put in 

 under all thin places, and the soil may either be cut away 

 where the sod is too thick or scooped out of the ground 

 beneath the turf. A thin and sharp knife is used to fit the 

 edges together, and for loosening the soil a rake with a 

 short handle is useful. Before the sods are placed in posi- 

 tion the surface to be sodded must be quite firm and even. 

 When a number of sods have beer* put down, the shovel 

 or rammer should be used to make the surface perfectly 

 level. A mallet may be advantageously used for the same 



FIG. 58. SECTION OF A TERRACE. A. SODS. B. SEEDED GROUND. C WALK. 



purpose. Sodding is chiefly done to make edges along 

 walks and drives or around flower-beds and shrubberries, 

 but if a lawn is wanted quickly the whole surface may be 

 covered in this manner. Terraces and steep inclines should 

 be sodded if it can be done. The manner of sodding a 

 terrace and along the edges of a walk is shown in several 

 diagrams (Figs. 57 and 58). The surface of the sod when a 

 lawn is finished should be on a level with the seeded 

 ground. 



The grade of a terrace or other sloping lawn ought not 

 to exceed an angle of forty-five degrees, and here the strips 

 of sod should be placed from top to bottom, not length wise. 



