LAWNS— BOX-EDGING 



a little wood -ashes in June; the result will 

 be a hundred per cent better than from the 

 use of manure. Cotton -seed meal should not 

 be sown too thickly, and wood -ashes must 

 be spread thinly, so as not to burn the 

 grass. 



The men tell me that a sharp -pointed 

 mason's trowel is more satisfactory than any 

 other tool for removing weeds from the 

 lawns and grass paths. If this is carefully 

 attended to the end of May, and again the 

 latter part of June, and only artificial fer- 

 tilizer used, there will be but little trouble 

 with weeds in the grass. 



BOX-EDGING 



Box edging should be set out in the 

 spring, that it may be thoroughly rooted 

 before winter. 



Great care must be taken in setting out 

 the Box, that the row be absolutely straight 

 and even. The garden cord is carefully 

 stretched ; a shallow, narrow trench is dug 



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