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blue-grass, red-top, and white clover, in the proportion of thirty- 

 pounds of blue-grass, thirty pounds of red-top, and ten pounds of 

 white clover to the acre. Sometimes we use for smaller lawns 

 the blue-grass and red-top without the white clover. We have 

 used blue-grass, red-top, and Rhode Island bent in the propor- 

 tion of twenty pounds each, and ten pounds of white clover to 

 the acre, but the Rhode Island bent is so expensive that we 

 rarely buy it. For grass in shady places, as in a grove, we use 

 Kentucky blue-grass and rough-stalked meadow-grass (Poa 

 trivialis) in equal parts at the rate of seventy pounds to the 

 acre. On the golf links we use blue-grass without any mixture 

 on some of the putting greens; sometimes we use Rhode Island, 

 bent, and on sandy greens we use red-top. We always buy 

 each kind of seed separately and mix them, and are particular 

 to get the best extra recleaned of each kind. Frequently we 

 get the seed of three different dealers to secure the best." 



In most cases, the June-grass germinates and grows some- 

 what slowly, and it is usually advisable to sow four or five 

 quarts of timothy grass to the acre with the June-grass seed. 

 The timothy comes on quickly and makes a green the first year, 

 and the June-grass soon crowds it out. It is not advisable to 

 sow grain in the lawn as a nurse to the grass. If the land is 

 well prepared and the seed is sown in the cool part of the year, 

 the grass ought to grow much better without the other crops 

 than with them. Lands that are hard and lacking in nitrogen 

 may.be benefited if crimson clover (four 'Or five quarts) is 

 sown with the grass seed. This will make a green the first year, 

 and will break up the subsoil by its deep roots and supply nitro- 

 gen, and being an annual plant it does not become trouble- 

 some, if mown frequently enough to prevent seeding. 



In the southern states, where June-grass does not thrive, 

 Bermuda-grass is the leading species used for lawns; although 

 there are two or three others, as the goose-grass of Florida, that 

 may be used in special locahties. Bermuda-grass is usually 



