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edgings ; so on no account apply the liquids too close to 

 the margins. 



Yet another point of special importance is to apply the 

 liquids in dry weather, so that they soak in, destroy the 

 weeds, and lose their destructive properties before rain 

 falls, and causes the acids, etc., to be washed to the roots 

 of box or of turf. 



All the materials being more or less poisonous, great 

 care should be exercised in their use, and in placing any 

 surplus liquor safely under lock and key. 



Acids, too, should be slowly mixed with water — not the 

 water added to the acid — and preferably in wooden vessels. 



CHAPTEE III. 



LAWN WEEDS. 



A SHORT chapter on lawn weeds will certainly not be out 

 of place in this work. They are in every sense a pest, 

 and a troublesome one, too, causing much concern to 

 those who desire to get a perfectly good turf. 



The Principal Weeds that infest lawns are the 

 Daisy, Dandelion, Plantain, Crowfoot, Dock, Self-heal, 

 Sorrel, Mouse-ear, Chickweed,Bird's-Foot, Trefoil, Clover, 

 Yarrow, Fairy-ring Fungus, Thistle, Pearlwort, Hawk- 

 weed, Knotgrass, and Moss. Our space will not permit 

 of a detailed description of each. For this information 

 see our shillii^g handbook on " Lawns and Greens." 



Eemedibs. — A wholesale way of getting rid of these 

 weeds is dressing the infested patches in spring with a 

 well-known preparation called " lawn sand." If this be 

 sprinkled over the surface at the rate of 4oz. per square 



