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until it is thoroughly incorporated with the 

 upper layer of the soil. Lime assists clay 

 soils by flocculating, and corrects the acidity of 

 all soils. 



Too much insistence cannot be placed upon 

 this preliminary thorough preparation. Most 

 lawn failures are due to neglect of this one 

 fundamental thing. Not once in ten thou- 

 sand times is a bad result due to bad or poor 

 seed. It pays to buy well cleaned seed, how- 

 ever, such as is known as "fancy recleaned," 

 rather than the light weight lower priced 

 grades which though pure seed — that is free 

 from weeds — contain also a very large per- 

 centage of chaffs. 



The very fact that the lawn is the founda- 

 tion of the perfect garden is sufficient reason 

 for insisting that it should be made in the best 

 way we know. The expenditure of a few 

 extra dollars per acre at this time will result 

 in subsequent annual savings that will far 

 outweigh the preliminary extra cost. There 

 should be no misconception on this point. 

 The lawn, more than any other part of the 

 garden, must from the very nature of things 

 be started properly, because it is a permanent 

 crop, so to speak. Shrubberies can be re- 



