CHAPTER XV 

 LAWNS AND GRASS PLOTS 



EVERY ONE who is interested in town gardening 

 knows how difficult it is to keep the grass plot 

 or lawn in a healthy and presentable condition. 

 Too often, indeed, it wears a miserable appear- 

 ance and is positively an eyesore, the grasses 

 being thin and weak of growth with patches of 

 bare earth between or the better species 

 become entirely ousted out by rank growing 

 weeds. That there are certain parts of our towns 

 and cities where grasses cannot be got to grow 

 in a satisfactory manner is frankly acknow- 

 ledged, but that much can be done to mitigate 

 the attending evils of an impure, smoke-laden 

 atmosphere I am quite convinced. Soil that 

 has for long been exposed to the chemical and 

 other fumes of our larger centres of industry 



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