WHICH IS better: turf or seed ? 39 



because it is the best but because it is the 

 most handy. 



After the turf is laid as evenly as possible, 

 and the unions filled with fresh soil, there 

 comes the very essential work of beating. 

 This is really hard work. The turves must 

 be beaten and pounded down to ensure in- 

 timate contact with the soil below. If this is 

 not done the roots fail to take hold and the 

 grasses die after a few days of dry, hot 

 weather. Watering will help a great deal, and 

 should be done all summer on a newly laid 

 turf lawn. 



On terraces and banks sods are better than 

 seed, because they can be fixed in position 

 by means of pegs eight or ten inches long 

 driven into the ground. If there is not enough 

 turf of the right kind to dress the bank com- 

 pletely, small pieces may be planted as "cut- 

 tings" and seed sown on the spaces between 

 or around. Terraces are prone to dry out in 

 summer and the turf method is calculated to 

 overcome this tendency to loss. 



WHEN TO sow 



In the greater part of the country where 

 lawns are maintained, that is in the entire 



