'"Making a Lawn 



can be divided into two classes : one where 

 they want to make grass grow where it 

 has never grown before, and the other 

 where the call is for information to assist 

 in restoring old lawns that have petered 

 out. Let us take up the last condition 

 first. 



Where grass has grown for some years 

 it is conclusive evidence that there must 

 be soil beneath, which, perhaps because of 

 neglect, has ceased to supply the nour- 

 ishment necessary to maintain the vigor 

 of the sod growing upon it. As a con- 

 sequence, weeds gradually creep in and 

 finally crowd out every blade of grass. 



A condition like this is easily remedied 

 and an improvement brought about in 

 short order and at very small expense. 



In the first place make a general clear- 

 ing up of the weeds and do it as thor- 

 oughly as possible. Take them out with a 



