LAWNS 



CHAPTER I 

 Renovating the Old Lawn 



A cruel answer to an everyday problem — Remaking the best method — 

 Fertilising — Top dressing — Mastering weeds and insects — Futility 

 of half-hearted methods — Why English lawns are impossible — 

 The fallacy of the Newport lawns. 



"What can I do to my lawn to make it 

 fresh and velvety again?" This, in some 

 form or other, is the question that is asked by 

 go per cent, of all who take an interest in 

 their gardens and wish to keep the general 

 appearance at par. It is the common ques- 

 tion, too, that is asked by everyone as soon as 

 he begins to take an interest in the grounds 

 surrounding his home. As a matter of fact 

 the question is usually more than justified. 

 The lawn does need renovating. 



"How to do it .?" Well, the most effective 

 result is attained by the most radical course. 

 The best and simplest way to renovate the 

 old lawn is to make a new one. Nine times out 



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