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be sown with the grass seed, is very largely a 

 personal one, depending upon whether the owner 

 wants white clover in his lawn or not. Some 

 persons like it, and others do not. If it is de- 

 sired, it may be sown directly after the grass 

 seed is sown, at the rate of one to three quarts 

 to the acre. For particular purposes and for 

 personal tastes, various other grasses may be used 

 for lawns. Various kinds of lawn mixtures are 

 upon the market. 



In most cases, the June- grass germinates and 

 grows somewhat slowly, and it is generally advis- 

 able to sow four or five quarts of timothy grass to 

 the acre with the June -grass seed. The timothy 

 comes on quickly and makes a green the first year, 

 and the June- grass soon crowds it out. It is not 

 advisable, as a rule, to sow grain in the lawn as a 

 nurse to the grass. If the land is well prepared 

 and the seed is sown in the cool part of the year, 

 the grass ought to grow much better without the 

 other crops than with them. Lands which are 

 hard and lacking in nitrogen may be benefited if 

 four or five quarts of crimson clover are sown with 

 the grass seed. This will make a green the first 

 year, and will break up the subsoil by its deep 

 roots and supply nitrogen, and being an an- 

 nual plant it does not become troublesome. In 

 the southern states, where June -grass does not 

 thrive, Bermuda -grass is the leading species used 

 for lawns; although there are two or three others, 



