XL] LA YING DO WN TURF WEEDING ROLLING 1 1 5 



down turf is from September to April. The sods should 

 be unrolled as they are laid, placing edge to edge carefully, 

 as soon as laid the grass should be beaten flat, rolled 

 repeatedly, and watered if the weather be dry. 



Of course, when there is a large space to be covered, the 

 cheaper plan is to sow the lawn with grass seeds; it 

 is equally effective, though the sward takes longer to 

 thicken. 



Two chief points should be observed : first, the 

 ground, when made quite level, should be rolled till it is 

 perfectly firm (the neglect of this precaution is the most 

 frequent cause of failure); this can only be done in dry 

 weather. The seed should be evenly scattered, lightly 

 raked in, and then rolled again. The ground can scarcely 

 be made too firm ; we may have observed how quickly 

 grass will grow on an avenue : much more readily than it 

 can be made to cover a recently prepared plot. The 

 second point to be observed is to sow nothing but 

 a really good mixture of grass seeds. The neglect of this 

 for the sake of a short-sighted economy has often been 

 proved to be simple folly. 



March is the best season for sowing. When thus 

 laid down, lawns require very soon to be carefully weeded. 

 During the growing season they should, if possible, be 

 mown once a week, occasionally rolled, and in the autumn 

 frequently swept to clear away worm-casts. 



The only effectual plan for removing daisies and other 

 weeds is to take them out with a daisy fork ', wherever they 

 are found, in wet weather or after a shower. By dint of 



