ROSE TIME 



June 

 JUNE— First and Second Weeks I-I5 



The Lawn 



June is an interesting month with the lawn. The 

 Grass has been growing freely for several weeks. But 

 weeds have been growing too. Some Nature lovers like 

 to see Daisies in lawns, but the most confirmed Nature 

 lover draws the line at Dandelions and Plantains. The 

 average gardener objects to them all. He can tolerate a 

 Daisy in a pasture, he can even grow special varieties in 

 the garden border ; but he loathes any kind of Daisy on 

 the lawn. A lawn, he will tell you, is not a meadow. It 

 is a home for choice Grasses. He will concede a slight 

 mixture of Clover, but nothing more. 



Trouble arises from the fact that many lawns are 

 made out of pastures. When a man buys land and 

 builds a house there is a very natural temptation to 

 leave a certain area of the Grass for a lawn, and other 

 strips for the Grass walks. It saves trouble and expense. 

 Turf has not to be laid, nor seeds sown. The Grass is 

 mown and rolled, and so made into a lawn. So far good. 

 Mowing and rolling both have an admirable mechanical 

 effect on pasture. They curb the strong Grasses, and give 

 the weak a chance of asserting themselves. Thus the lawn 

 gradually becomes finer in texture. Perhaps a mixture 

 of soil and manure is spread on in winter, and allowed 

 to crumble down and work in under the influence of the 

 weather. This also has an excellent effect. But neither 

 mowing, nor rolling, nor top-dressing will get rid of 

 Daisies and Dandelions. Manuring rather encourages 

 them. Those who do not like to see weeds in the Grass 

 may turn to "lawn sand," which seedsmen sell. The 

 amateur is a little dubious when he reads that lawn sand 

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