H0AV TO GHOAV GOOD GRASSES. 



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tensis, and Cynosuras cristatus, we shall have nearly all 

 the useful law a grasses. As regards Foa pratensis, 

 we should, however, leave 

 it out where we have 

 borders cut in the turf, as 

 its creeping underground 

 stems are mischievous, 

 from their habit of getting 

 into the borders with the 

 flowers. This, of course, 

 would lead us to discour- 

 age any couch-like grass. 

 If, then, we have plots, 

 and the soil of the lawn 

 be sufficiently moist, we 

 should recommend Foa 

 trivialis to be sought in 

 its stead. 



Something like uni- 

 formity of colour is desir- 

 able ; as, if we see bunches 

 of the silvery-leaved Soft 

 Grass, or the brown 



patches Of the FloHn, it Fig. 22 (Ma). Sheep's Fescue. 



is so unsightly that we should feel the necessity of 

 introducing a new turf where it occurs. 



2. Fawn Weeds. — Plantains, dandelions, and daisies 

 can only be considered weeds whenever they occur 

 in grass, but especially in the lawn. They are easily 

 guarded against, if in laying down turf we only choose 

 clean specimens, or in laying down seeds we obtain 

 pure samples, and sow them on well-cleaned ground. 

 But hoAvever careful we may be, we shall be sure of a 

 few weeds. These can be kept under by cutting them 



