LAWNS 



insects. If it's in the spring, and you can 

 afFord to wait until the fall before sowing, 

 broadcast cowpeas or red clover, and grow a 

 green crop for turning under in due course. 



Whatever you do don't attack the problem 

 in a half hearted manner, don't endeavour to 

 regain control in sections, and for several 

 seasons have a hideously spotty effect on your 

 " lawn." Make a bold stand, attack the prob- 

 lem with a determination to have the best 

 results that your opportunities will afford, and 

 make your lawn the envy of the neighbour- 

 hood! 



As the lawn is the foundation of the garden 

 and everything that is in it, the canvas, so to 

 speak, on which the living pictures of the plants 

 and flowers are to succeed each other in the 

 rotation of the seasons, isn't it worth while 

 making your foundations sure .? 



ENGLISH LAWNS IMPOSSIBLE 



And don't fancy for a moment that you 

 can have an English lawn in an American 

 climate. As well recognise first as last the 

 fact that the world famed lawns of Europe are 

 impossible to the gardens this side of the 



