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ground: one part English rye grass, two parts hard fescue r 

 two parts red-top, one part tufted hair-grass, and one part 

 each of bent and crested grass ; for shady positions : one 

 part orchard grass, two parts wood meadow grass, one part 

 bent grass, and one part Miliuin effusum, with a good 

 admixture of harebell and other fine-leaved and tufted 

 flowers. To all these mixtures may be added a small 

 quantity of white clover. The different seeds which vary 

 greatly in size must be thoroughly mixed before sowing. 

 One acre of ground requires fifty or sixty pounds to make 





FIG. 59. LAWN WITH ROUNDED SURFACE. 



a good lawn, or in smaller areas a pound and a half to a 

 hundred square yards a plot of land ten yards by ten. 



If the lawn has been properly made and the weather ia 

 favorable, the grass will soon grow and require cutting 

 The first cutting should be done with a sharp scythe, as 

 carefully as possible, after which a good rolling is bene- 

 ficial. Watering or sprinkling when needed should be done 

 in a thorough manner ; no merely superficial sprinkling will 

 benefit the grass. The watering is best done by means of 

 lawn-sprinklers, and the water pipes should be laid so as to 

 admit of easy access to all parts of the lawn and garden.., 



When the lawn after some time becomes worn and im- 

 poverished, dressings of artificial manures thinly sown .over 



