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without being watered even once, provided 

 always that the site is not unduly drained, nor 

 on the slope of a hill exposed to peculiarly 

 drying conditions. 



Occasionally there will be exceptional sea- 

 sons which must be met by exceptional 

 actions. Watering may then be a prime neces- 

 sity, but as a rule if the beginnings are 

 properly made, watering is not a necessity on 

 the lawn. How much better to spend an- 

 other twelve or twenty-five dollars an acre in 

 the beginning, and avoid the mental worry, 

 the continuous labour, and the unwelcome 

 water bills of later years ! 



Even on sandy soils watering can be to a 

 great extent obviated, and it is folly on any 

 sort of soil to rush to use the hose in the early 

 part of the year. On small lawns, watering is 

 not such a serious problem; and, espec- 

 ially where the foundation has been on the 

 inert soil thrown out in making the founda- 

 tions for the house, it may not be economi- 

 cally practical to take the preliminary steps 

 which would avoid its necessity. But on large 

 areas of even half an acre the question of 

 summer maintenance may become a seriously 

 expensive problem. 



