2O Making a Lawn 



makes a reliable combination. It is com- 

 mon to hear people asking for grass that 

 will grow in shady places, but it is always 

 difficult to determine the degree of shade. 

 A place may be shaded and yet suitable 

 for growing grass, or it may be so shaded 

 that no grass known could be made to 

 germinate there. In places where there 

 is no heavy dripping and where the ground 

 is not absolutely dark, use the following: 



Kentucky Blue Grass, Wood Meadow 

 Grass, Various-leaved Fescue, and Crested 

 Dog's-tail. Use 35 per cent, of the first 

 two and 15 per cent, of the last two. 



For conditions that require a quick- 

 growing grass, and something that will 

 bind and make a holding upon slopes un- 

 der difficult conditions, the following is 

 recommended: Kentucky Blue Grass, 30 

 per cent. ; R. I. Bent, 30 per cent. ; Creep- 

 ing Bent, 25 per cent.; Sheep Fescue, 



