CONSTRUCTION DETAILS— THE LAWN 



acidity of) the soil. In the place of such fertilizer use the following 

 mixture at the rate of about 800 pounds to one acre, which is ap- 

 proximately twenty pounds to one thousand square feet: 



Acid phosphate 8 parts by weight 



Sulphate of ammonia 5 parts by weight 



Muriate of potash 5 parts by weight 



Thoroughly mix these in the proportions named and scatter 

 broadcast in very 

 early Spring, prefer- 

 ably in dry weather. 

 Spread evenly and 

 then soak thor- 

 oughly. 



In treating estab- 

 lished lawns, the 

 grass seed recom- 

 mended should be 

 sown and raked in a 

 few days after ap- 

 plying the fertilizer, 

 using a larger quan- 

 tity of seed than 

 otherwise suggested. 

 In order to main- 

 tain the acid condi- 

 tion of the soil, the 

 same fertilizer must 

 be applied each 

 Spring, in decreasing 

 amounts until the 

 weeds disappear en- 

 tirely. For this in- 

 formation the writer 

 is indebted to the 

 Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station of the 

 Rhode Island State Fig. 20.— Sometimes the drive can best serve also as a 

 College at Kingston, ^^"^ ^'^f the street to the house. Here it is well 

 o fo ' screened from the private area of the garden at the rear 



R. I. of the house 



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