Weeds and Other Pests 47 



shows up, there is certainly work ahead 

 to get the best of it. It is a destroyer 

 of the first rank, a veritable pest. It is 

 an annual that seeds itself each year and 

 kills out under the first frost, leaving 

 great bald spaces in the lawn to show 

 where it has been. Even after it has been 

 killed by the frost its baneful influence 

 is not ended, for it has spread broadcast 

 its seeds for the next year's crop. 



When you find it, dig it out. It means 

 work and lots of it, but it is the only way 

 to conquer it. Set the blades of the 

 mower low, and after dragging the grass 

 up with a rake, run the machine over it; 

 and this should be done early in the year, 

 before July. There is no weed to equal 

 this as a nuisance. 



On newly-made lawns the weeds are 

 easily removed, and they should be care- 

 fully watched so as not to allow them to 



