64 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1904. 



with the roller until all the surface is a fine seed bed. Then 

 sow very evenly the following formula: — 



2 bushels Kentucky Blue Grass (Poapratensis) . 

 2 " Ked Top (Agrostis vulgaris) . 



Creeping Bent {Agrostis canina). 

 Sweet Vernal (Arithoxanthum odoratum). 

 White Clover {Trijolium repens). 



Five bushels of above mixture per acre, using this quantity 

 in proportion to the area sown. In sowing, take one-half of 

 the seed to be used, sowing it evenly over the whole surface 

 from north to south; the other half and sow it from east to 

 west; then rake in deep and well and finish with a heavy hand 

 roller, going over the entire surface. If dry weather prevails 

 sprinkle at sundown. Let the young grass get three to four 

 inches high before cutting it the first time, after that cut it 

 every ten days, give water in moderation as needed, for more 

 fine lawns are ruined by over watering than for the lack of 

 water. Annually in October apply a heavy dressing of wood 

 ashes, and in April a light dressing of nitrate of soda. 



Now with proper attention to cutting, watering, dressing 

 and rolling you may have the most- beautiful velvety lawn, 

 so charming to the eye and the pride of its owner, and it should 

 last for twenty years without renewing. Don't ruin the above 

 beautiful lawn by continually drenching it with cold water, 

 that kills out the above tender sweet grasses, and brings in 

 the coarse, sallow, wiry water grass that is the ruination of 

 so many fine lawns. Don't cover it in the fall with coarse 

 odoriferous stable dressing full of weed seeds, to grow and 

 injure the roots of the grasses. Don't play croquet, tennis, 

 or games so injurious to the fine turf. A well kept lawn is 

 the most attractive feature about our charming rural homes. 



MY CONSERVATORY — ITS CARES AND PLEASURES, 



No home of taste and refinement is considered complete at 

 the present time without the conservatory. Though it may 

 have its labors and difficulties, still the pleasures M^hich it 



