THE COMPLETE HOME LANDSCAPE 



SOIL PREPARATION ON A LARGE AREA 



Where an extensive lawn is to be made and where durability 

 is a prime requisite, more time must be allowed in the prepa- 

 ration of soil, and a more complete treatment given, the essentials 

 of which are here outUned. After plowing under the manure, 

 and harrowing in the lime as before (which in this case should 

 be done in August) the area should be sown with Rye, using 

 one and one-half bushels to an acre, with twenty pounds of 

 Hairy Vetch added for Winter' cover. In the Spring, just as 

 soon as the ground is dry enough to work, plow under the 

 Rye and Vetch and apply a good fertilizer at the rate of about 

 eight hundred pounds to an acre. The following mixture contains 

 all the desirable properties: 



300 lbs. acid phosphate. 

 200 lbs. cottonseed meal. 

 100 lbs. bonemeal. 



50 lbs. nitrate of soda. 



50 lbs. kainite. 



Harrow this mbcture in 

 thoroughly, then sow 

 Soy Beans or Cow Peas 

 at the rate of two bush- 

 els to one acre. This 

 crop will be in bloom 

 during July, when it 

 should be turned under. 

 Then cultivate the 

 ground lightly for a 

 month or more. By this 

 time the soil is settled, 

 and should then be 

 raked repeatedly, as 

 recommended previously, 

 preparatory to sowing 

 the lawn grass seed. 



The best time for 

 sowing is early May or 



Fig. 15.— Groups of trees or shrubs, as (A) and (B), 



should be provided as "excuses" for curves in a drive 



that is deliberately diverted from a straight line 



(See page 25) 



