LUTHER BURBANK 



all climates in many ways superior to anything 

 hitherto known. Mr. Burbank makes this predic- 

 tion with some confidence ; adding, however, that 

 the new plant may be a little more difficult to 

 establish than ordinary lawn grass. 



All the hypericums will stand a great amount 

 of drought and ill treatment. Tramping does not 

 injure them, and they may be moved like ordinary 

 lawn grass. Observation of the varieties already 

 under cultivation at Santa Rosa gives assurance 

 that here is material from which a valuable new 

 type of lawn cover will be developed. There is 

 no reason why the amateur should not make 

 experiments in selective breeding with the hy- 

 pericums, even in localities where the more tender 

 lippia cannot be grown. 



OKDINAKY LAWNS AND THEIR CAEE 



Until the lippias have been rendered hardy, 

 however, or the hypericum or the other plants 

 more fully developed, most residents of the north- 

 ern climates must be content with the lawn grasses 

 of the old familiar type, with the blue-grass at 

 the head of the list. 



Seeds for these grasses vary a good deal in 

 quality, and Mr. Burbank urges that they shall be 

 secured only of a reputable dealer. Pure blue- 

 grass he thinks better for the ordinary lawn than 

 any mixture. 



The grasses themselves offer opportunity for 

 great improvement through hybridizing and se- 



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