66 LAWNS 



Lime itself is indicated as a winter dressing 

 and can be used at the rate of forty bushels to 

 the acre or roughly speaking, one bushel per 

 thousand square feet or two handfuls to the 

 square yard. As Kentucky blue grass forms 

 the basis of the standard lawn mixtures, and 

 is the one grass which it is hoped will ulti- 

 mately occupy the entire area to the exclusion 

 of all others which were there in the begin- 

 ning, an annual dressing of lime may safely 

 be given. This is preferably spread over the 

 ground some time in the winter after it has 

 been frozen. Lime to be used on the lawn 

 should be air slaked. 



A practical method of procuring a supply for 

 the suburban gardener is to purchase quick 

 lime by the barrel in the early spring and have 

 it stored in barrels or boxes in the cellar until 

 it is to be used. It will in this way serve two 

 purposes. In the process of air slaking, which 

 goes on throughout the summer, it will absorb 

 moisture from the air and to a considerable ex- 

 tent will aid in drying the cellar. By fall it 

 will be thoroughly slaked and ready for use. 

 This annual dressing will largely help in erad- 

 icating moss and sorrel or sour grass, which 

 invariably take possession of sour soils. 



