114 CALIFORNIA GARDEN FLOWERS 



If ample rains have come, the spent fertilizer should be raked from 

 the lawn and regular cutting resumed. There is great temptation to 

 neglect this and to cause the lawn to show a crazy quilt of greens and 

 yellows after a cutting which has been delayed too long. This is un- 

 necessary in places where there is no hard or prolonged freezing, as 

 will be explained in the chapter on lawn making. 



