RENOVATING THE OLD LAWN "] 



Atlantic. Over there the grasses grow once 

 they are established and reseed themselves 

 with a facility that is surprising to the New 

 World gardener, Here, with the problems of 

 excessive and brilliant sunshine in summer, 

 often coupled with prolonged spells of ex- 

 hausting drought; and followed by the 

 extreme cold of our often very rigorous 

 winters, the grasses suffer strains which 

 necessitate an entirely different method of 

 lawn making. Hence the fine art of making 

 lawn grass mixtures has developed almost into 

 a science, and excites an amount of interest 

 that is not paralleled elsewhere. 



We may, at different seasons of the year, 

 approach both the colour and the texture of 

 the English lawn, but not with the same 

 grasses. The best we can expect to do is to 

 parallel, not reproduce. Perennial rye grass 

 is not fitted for our lawn conditions, neither 

 will the annual poa survive the winters and 

 reestablish itself year after year from seed. 

 Therefore discard the notion of renovating 

 the old lawn by importing English or French 

 lawn grass seed, lest the latter stage be worse 

 than the first — and a whole season lost be- 

 sides. 



