CHAPTER II 



Lawns and Grass Plots 



Seed Mixtures — Sowing — Yearly Care — Mowing — Rolling 

 Weeding — Turfing 



THE lawn furnishes the setting for a house, and if it is trim, smooth 

 and of a healthy green, will add the finishing touch to an attrac- 

 tive home which no amount of planting can give. Wide spread- 

 ing slopes or level terraces of turf are the deHght of many of both the 



A well kept lawn, furnishing a splendid set- 

 ting for the house, with its trees and borders 

 to right and left 



simplest and the stateliest residences. Neat lawns are ever the sign 

 of thrifty people. 



The main difficulty, generally, is that too frequently the surface 

 is cut by meaningless and inappropriate beds. Such beds, in large 

 lawns, sometimes detract from the feeling of repose, and in small 

 lawns the beds may often be left out with advantage. Trees and 

 shrubs which are arranged haphazard and thickly about a lawn are 



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