ЗИВ D THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
TREATMENT 0 OF LAWNS. loam, leaf-mould, and well-rotted миша 
manure. I am not in к. of stable manure 
as a substitute for mixed farmyard ЧО, Аз 
Maxx lawns are infested with moss and “ fairy regards the kind of lime to use I favour 
dud zt чч? to various Fungi. Both are best - ground quicklime, free from magnesium salts. 
checked by isi. el lime. This should not It is mixed with the other materials at the 
be applied alone, but mixed with rich garden rate of one to four, and all should be turned once 
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Fie. 61.—GLADIOLUS TRISTIS; FLOWERS BUFF, WITH PURPLE MARKINGS. 
[Marcu 29, 1919. 
or twice during the fortnight ned remain in the 
heap. Dress the lawn at the rate of four to six 
irtloads per acre, that is ies three to four 
and a half n er acre, Sepe 
quarters of a cwt. per 40 squa ards. Dis- 
tribute the materials evenly dnd ine ofi the 
lumps. 
he manurial treatment of de is a gr 
proklem, and particular cases nly be 
settled by experiment after taking pea account 
such items as the soil, eire , aspect, drainage, 
and Clove he 
y. autumn dress- 
ing will be advisable, but a light Ere of 
superphosphate leot per acre) a d cwt. of 
sulphate of potash can be given АБО February. 
On sandy soils and those "deficient in lime sub- 
tal 
of nigral of peru. per rere уре n the spei be ш» 
to grow. 
{ no seed has been sown in autumn and there 
are а patches, about а bushel of a well 
known seed mixture should be sown per acre. 
T d 
mix 1 A 
oi grasses rive sul ited for certai soils ап 
situations. 
Weeds should be ега to in the spring 
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| n 
on small lawns guinea-pigs (pub been found mos 
useful in “ridding er c cien of Daisies, Plan- 
tains, and Dande fem 9. 
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GLADIOLUS TRISTIS. 
A GRACEFUL but not ot, commonly rl к 
of Gladiolus is G.. tristis, а 
ica. a Fy 
ration for а 
Africa. It is a plant kn tivation 10 
long number of ye and т аз flowering 
e tristis, given ЗА овы us in the 
ong ago. Eng 
he South of 
. tristis is quite hardy -— w^ s th анон 10 
апа 1з pois: the ea pi^ 
dos er out of doors. Moreover, it is easy 0 T 
either from Pra or. spawn, Le» 
8 eeds ripen readily т DET G 
Cornwall More attractive than the OF ne: 
istis concolor, a nown as G. t. 80 р з 
eus € ca RR E 
ан blooms and their disposi; | 
the ec ende er ка is Э shown in Ее 
which illustrates some spikes which ca he ОГ 
France to p nt Garden Market in 
