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fresh, and the soil worked in between them to fill up all 

 interstices, finally sprinkling some fine soil on the surface and 

 brushing it in. The turves being beaten down into position with 

 a flat heavy piece of wood, the whole surface should be thoroughly 

 rolled over and watered. 



Turf grafting. In the case of a large area, or when turf or 

 labour is scarce, economy of both may be effected by laying the 

 turves, or portions of these, a foot or more apart, sinking them 



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level with the surface. The intervening space may be sown with 

 seed, or grass roots may be dibbled in, the whole surface being 

 then watered and rolled. 



Other Methods. Another economical and successful method 

 of forming a lawn is, having brought the soil to a fine tilth and uni- 

 form level, to obtain the best grass roots from a close-grazed 

 pasture land (choosing wet weather for the purpose), and dibble 

 these in the ground a few inches apart, afterwards rolling and water- 

 ing the surface. A method which is said to be successfully adopted 

 in Northern India is described thus : " Pull up a quantity of grass by 

 the roots, chop it tolerably fine, mix it well in a compost of mud oJ 



