58 Food for Plants. 



;iii(I Tor Bermuda grass 15 pounds. If for any reason 

 the soil cannot ho properly prepared, pulverize the fer- 

 tilizer very fine indeed. The grass should be mowed 

 regularly and the clippings removed until nearly mid- 

 sunnner when they are best left on the soil as a mulch. 

 For a good \R\n\, broadcast per acre in the spring 50 

 pounds of sulphate of potash, 200 pounds of acid phos- 

 phate and 200 pounds of Nitrate of Soda. Lawns are 

 very different from field crops as they are not called 

 upon to mature growth in the line of seed productions, 

 and they may safely be given applications of Nitrate 

 whenever the sickly green color of the grass appears, 

 which shows that digestible or nitrated ammonia is the 

 plant food needed. These applications of plant food must 

 be continued each year without fail, and all bare or partly 

 bare spots well raked down and reseeded. If absolutely 

 bare, these spots should be deeply spaded. On very 

 heavy clay soils, and in low situations, a drainage system 

 must be established. 



Instructions for Using Nitrate of Soda on Meadows, Lawns 



and Golf Links. 



As soon as the frost leaves the ground in the spring, 

 apply the Nitrate of Soda by broadcasting it evenly, by 

 hand, or bv machine, over the entire surface of the lawn, 

 or meadow you are fertilizing, at the rate of 100 pounds 

 per acre. 



Frequent rolling is of great advantage, as well as fre- 

 quent raking. Every lawn in the spring should be sub- 

 jected to a searching inspection for weeds. Early spring 

 is the time for the heavy annual top-dressing of 

 fertilizers. 



Two or three weeks after the application of fertilizers, 

 a mixture of lawn grasses may be sown and covered with 

 a thin layer of finely sifted soil and then rolled do^^^l. 

 KoUing should not be continually in one direction, but 

 should be changed. 



If young grasses are growing amongst the old, it will 

 be an advantage to keep the lawn closely cut. By this 

 practice roots are strengthened and the density of the 



