FOR THE HOME BEAUTIFUL 99 



A hundred pound sack of the sheep manure will 

 go as far as a whole wagonload of fresh manure, 

 with the added advantage that you will not be 

 filling your lawn with weed seeds to pester you 

 later on. The hen manure, properly applied, will 

 leave its impress of bright rich green on the lawn, 

 which will be noticeable five or even ten years 

 hence. 



The lawn should be mowed regularly, but not 

 too close, especially in hot dry weather, and the 

 clippings should not be raked off, but allowed to 

 lie where they fall, to sink in and act as a mulch, 

 keeping the roots of the grass cool and moist dur- 

 ing the hot weather. 



If the lawn is not too large, so as to make the 

 work too burdensome, each spring it should be 

 gone over and all such perennial weeds as plantain, 

 dandelion, etc., removed with a case knife, cutting 

 the plants out below the crown, and not merely 

 removing the tops. 



An innovation for the lawn that you may be 

 interested in knowing about is known as NATU- 

 RALIZING. Crocus Bulbs are used, and in the 

 following manner: 



First, the bulbs are sown indiscriminately over 

 the lawn, letting them drop where they will. Next, 

 go over the lawn, search the bulbs out, and plant 

 each bulb in the grass just where it fell. In so 

 doing, in he early spring, the bright showy flow- 



