THE TRUTH ABOUT LAWN MIXTURES 9I 



the soil stands in need of a dressing of lime, 

 which can be applied at the rate of one bushel 

 to a thousand square feet. But when it will 

 grow it will eventually make a good lawn. 

 Unfortunately it does not maintain a fresh 

 green colour in the middle of the summer, and 

 it is comparatively an expensive seed. It is a 

 strong-growing grass, however, and when 

 used in mixtures generally crowds out the 

 other grasses in the course of a few years. 

 Yet, since this grass combines more desirable 

 qualities than any other, it should be used as 

 the chief ingredient for lawns along the Atlan- 

 tic coast north of Washington and along the 

 Alleghany range as far south as Georgia. It 

 is also used on the Pacific coast. The success 

 of this grass is assured on a limestone for- 

 mation; but on the coast line and on bottom 

 land there is a likelihood of the soil being acid. 

 In such places one of the species of Agrostis 

 will give better results, as at Newport, R. I., 

 where the Rhode Island bent and red top 

 are extensively used. 



It is in order to provide for any such con- 

 ditions occurring locally — as is often the case 

 even in a very small lawn — that these grasses 

 enter into lawn mixtures, so that if the blue 



