THE PRACTICAL FLOWER GARDEN 



weed taken out by the roots. These will be 

 found to be mostly dandelions and plantain. 

 When the weeds have been taken out, the 

 workman, who should have a box of grass 

 seed by his side, should put a pinch of 

 seed into the hole where the weed has been 

 and press the sod well down. When the 

 whole lawn has been thus gone over, it is 

 well then to sow seed thinly broadcast and 

 roll it in thoroughly. Two men can push a 

 three-hundred-and-fifty-pound roller, which 

 is heavy enough to keep the grass in good 

 condition. Sufficient emphasis cannot be 

 laid upon the advisability of frequent rolling 

 for the grass. The roots, which have been 

 disturbed by thawing and freezing or long 

 drought, are thus firmly set in the earth, and 

 the whole surface of the lawn made compact 

 and even. 



When the newly sown grass seed has ger- 

 minated and the young grass is a couple of 

 inches high, cottonseed meal can be sown 

 broadcast with great advantage. This may 



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