ON LAWN BEAUTIFICATION 



hard to exterminate if once established, especially 

 in lawns and moist shady places. It is a persistent 

 producer of runners, as well as seeds that are 

 projected a great distance when ripe. 



It seeds abundantly when the plants are quite 

 young. When the seeds are ripe they are pro- 

 jected with great force in all directions. This is 

 best exterminated by unremitting destruction with 

 the hoe before the plants produce seeds. 



There are numerous other smaller and more 

 insignificant weeds such as shepherd's purse, sev- 

 eral senecias, chickweed, and others which are not 

 as persistent as those already discussed, but which 

 should be kept well under control by thorough 

 cultivation if good crops are to be produced. 



It should be borne in mind that weeds are 

 enormously prolific, and that their seeds go every- 

 where. So it does not suffice to keep your garden 

 weeded and your lawn well mown. It is necessary 

 also to pay heed to the weeds along neighboring 

 roads for their seeds will be no respecters of your 

 boundary lines. 



You will be taking steps toward enhancing the 

 beauty of your lawn next season, and will be 

 lessening your work in the flower bed and vege- 

 table garden if you use scythe and hoe freely on 

 the weeds growing along the roadside everywhere 

 in the neighborhood of your garden. 



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