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than one made from seed In the ordinary 

 way. 



FACTS AGAINST TURFING 



Though turf will give immediate effect the 

 seeded lawn will be every bit as satisfactory 

 twelve months later, and in a great many cases 

 it will be greatly superior. One great prac- 

 tical disadvantage to laid sod is the impossi- 

 bility of making absolute unions between the 

 turves. It is always necessary to fill in with 

 good loam, sprinkling over it a little lawn 

 grass mixture. When this germinates, there 

 is a possibility of different grasses securing 

 the early foot-hold, with a result that the 

 entire surface of the lawn is marked out with 

 a series of lines forming rectangular patterns. 



It is difficult to obtain really good sod in any 

 quantity. As a rule it is not for sale, but it 

 can occasionally be secured as a consequence 

 of the breaking up of some old estate. Even 

 if in such a case you can get the sod for 

 nothing, the expense of cutting, lifting, cart- 

 ing, and finally the relaying and beating down 

 will be very great. 



Where turf is laid on a heavy soil the 



