LAWN 



gets complete root-hold, when, in the struggle tor life, 

 the earlier growths of grass, being weaker, go to the 

 wall and are crowded out of existence. How fine this 

 blue-grass may become under favorable conditions it 

 will be needless to point out to those who have seen the 

 grass meadows of Kentucky. 



5. On a quiet day the seed should be sown e\enly 

 over the Lawn surface— a task which can be well done 

 only by much skill and experience. The ground will 

 then need careful raking with a flne-tootlied inm i ikp. 



LAWSONIA 



893 



or Capriola ) , a plant of trailing and stolonif erous habit. 

 Although it is known throughout the southern states 

 under the name of Bermuda, it is, however, a native 

 trass of Bengal and other m ( tions of India and found, 

 also in torn In Ti lu il it is known is • D<jub grass," 

 ind tb'ie hi_li1 jm 1 t i t i i ii ^i ^\ th of a 

 soft il II I liii 1 1 ii 1 ' iii\ other 



kinil \mI1 II I niinated 



thiou^h 111 II, - Il I I l,,th the 



haishc ti.isviM I I III III I I I I 1 111 li u illowed 



dens, as w( 11 is unstinted piaise from those 

 1.^ who have leimtd its gi eat value as a pasture, 



' ^ ' ' 01 Lann li iss 



1247. An easy grade for a steep lawn. 



and rolling with an iron roller, the heavier the better. 

 In very dry and windy weather it is hardly worth while 

 to sow grass seed. 



6. As soon as the grass has grown 3 or 4 inches, cut it 

 first with a scythe and afterwards with the Lawn mower, 

 in order to secure a good, thick-set turf. Every spring, 

 and oftener if wet weather prevails, n .■nmpnr'tiiiL'- with 

 the iron roller will serve a good purji.'-i I rii ili. inj on 

 the top of the Lawn in the winter i- 1. r, 

 provided the remainders of rubl>isli iMi- 

 manure that may be used be remov. .1 i .iri\ m -iiing 

 before the grass starts. 



7. The last and perhaps the most important care to be 

 given the Lawn in the process of its establishment is 

 the weeding of the first summer. The next is the weed- 

 ing of the second summer— and the third is the weeding 

 at any time it may need it, no matter how many years 

 may have elapsed since its construction. The onion 

 patch and the flower garden need no more weeding than 

 the Lawn, if for no other reason than because the use 

 and beauty of either onion patch or flower garden can 

 never, combined, equal those of the home Lawn In it, 

 skill and patience and the love ot beaut-v find abundant 

 reward. s\^fl^t Patsons Tr 



Lawns for the South - I i 1 i 1 i 



sessing sufficient resist 

 tertained, and as a coi: 



endeavor, in the foimition of Lanns to use the nian\ 

 kinds of grass seeds wlinh nit so suftessful m the 

 northern states and which iie unsuited foi southern 

 soils and climate, unlc ss m a f ( w r\c>eptioml localities 

 Sown during the till in ntlis ni ji inih piepanil 

 land, a very good st i I i 1 1 11 iiiii-.' wnit i i 1 



either from copious i i I 1 i n ti i m i I 



those otherwise e\i II i t i i s t il m 111 ■ it .1 ii 

 ing a protracted drou^'ht Law ns of an extensive ana 

 when formed with northern and European grasses, are 

 therefore unadvisable South, hut where the extent is 

 limited, the soil deeply dug, well fertilized and artifi- 

 cial irrigation available, then a very satisfactory result 

 may be expected. Several Lawn grass mixtures are rec- 

 ommended, but the best that has come under our obser- 

 vation is the formula known in Philadelphia as "Ever- 

 green Lawn Mixture." 



There are, however, several native and exotic grasses, 

 which not only resist the long summer heat, but, if 

 properly treated, afford most excellent Lawn-making 

 material. First of all is the Bermuda grass ( Cynodon 



'9-~ When leiiuiied toi Liwns, the loots should 



^ -'*• bi lut m shoit Ieni,ths -p issm^ tin in through 



a ha> cuttei is the most ( xpLilitious Let the 

 giound be well and deejih jilowtdoi dug, well 

 - - mauuied, and dttei sowing the pici es of grass 



,,i roots the> must be eithei raked or h»i rowed 



T" ■" in, then the surface made pertectlj lei el by 

 rolling, or, where the area is limited, the roots 

 may be planted b inches apart Plant at any 

 time during Februarj or JIarch, or in the fall 

 if preferred. If during the spring the soil 

 should become very dry, an occasional watering, 

 where this is practicable, should be attended to 

 until the grass is well established. Neither ex- 

 cessive heat or cold will kill the roots if left 

 undisturbed, but plowing up during warm weather will 

 soon rid the ground of the roots if this is desired. As 

 the new growth attains a few inches in height, use the 

 Lawn mower every week or ten days during moist 

 weather, but even during dry weather the grass must be 

 kept occasionally clipped to prevent flowering. If the 

 growth is not vigorous, apply a top-dressing of bone 

 meal. In the fall a coat of well-rotted stable manure 

 should be given ; this may be raked off early in the 

 spring, previously running a sharp-toothed harrow over 

 the Lawn, and finally rolling it well. In this way a per- 

 manent mill i^ooil Lawn may be secured with very little 

 additioii.il I x|H lis,.. Any soil, unless naturally very wet, 

 will suit BirniiiiUi -rass. 



I'asiiiihiiii ilixlijlmm, or "Joint grass," is native of 

 the southern states, and usually found in moist or low 

 grounds. It can be utilized in soils which are too wet 

 to suit the Bermuda, but at best makes an indifferent 

 Lawn, as it is of low-creeping and not sufficiently 

 dense habit 



Steii till II ' iiiidiii nil known on the coast and 

 Floiiil I 1 s M \ugustine grass) is an 



erei t i ii ] i i i 1 ] 1 nt with flat or channelled 

 lea\i s It 1 t 11 1 1 I 11 I iiren swamps and ponds 

 li nilliil t \ 1(1 lull 11 I 1 1 iiij: well adapted 





P J BERrmiANS. 



LAWSdNIA ( after Dr Lawson, who published in 1709, 

 at London, an account of his botanical .iourney in Caro- 

 lina). Zi/lhrdceiv. This genus irnluilrs a tniiiiiiil slniil.. 

 cult, in Europe under glass for orniiiin m uml mitil'iiiis 

 in the tropics throughout the wnrM. Ii- Irn-iani wlni.- 

 fls. produce the henna or allien iia ot tin- Aral is ( i > jiiiis 

 of the ancients), which is used in Egyiit aud elsewLeru 

 by women to color their nails, and by men to dye their 

 beards. In America it seems to be cult, only in S. Calif, 

 and S. Fla. 



Lawsonia is a genus with perhaps only one species, a 



