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THE COMPLETE HOME LANDSCAPE 



after, cut as often as 

 necessary, lowering the 

 blade as the lawn be- 

 comes established. 



FERTILIZER AND 

 WINTER COVER 



Fig. 19.— If the house is not too far from the street, the 



walk and drive can be kept quite separate but parallel, 



as shown here 



If it is possible to 

 secure really well rot- 

 ted, long manure, 

 spread a half-inch layer 

 over the lawn in late 

 Fall or early Winter, 

 after the ground is 

 frozen. This can be 

 raked off in Spring and 

 the lawn rolled. As a 

 top dressing, sheep 

 manure is good, or 

 nitrate of soda mixed 

 with an equal amount 

 of acid phosphate and 

 one-fourth that amount 

 of kainit. This should 

 be applied in early 

 Spring before growth 

 commences, at the rate 

 of about eight pounds 

 to one thousand square 

 feet. 



TO ELIMINATE WEEDS FROM A LAWN 



Experiments recently terminated have proved that by creating 

 an acid soil all weeds will be caused gradually to disappear, and certain 

 lawn grasses caused to thrive. The best of these grasses are Creeping 

 Bent, Rhode Island Bent, Red Top and Red Fescue. They can be 

 used at the same rate as other seed mentioned, namely, about five 

 pounds to one thousand square feet. To bring about the desired con- 

 dition of the soil when making a new lawn, omit the lime and, in fact, 

 any material or fertilizer that may tend to sweeten (or overcome the 



