THE TRUTH ABOUT LAWN MIXTURES 93 



this country, and will be obliterated by the 

 mowing during the second season. 



Rye grass will stand hard usage and per- 

 mits the free use of the lawn during the 

 first season. It has been successfully used 

 on athletic club grounds (e.g. the baseball 

 diamond, Manhattan Field, New York City) 

 to reseed each year when the "permanent" 

 grasses became worn and it was not possible 

 to leave the lawn untouched for a season. It 

 has not a very fine foliage, and used too freely 

 would result in a coarse looking sward. 



FOR SHADED PLACES 



If there are specially shaded places on the 

 proposed lawn site it will be well to procure a 

 different mixture to be used on these spots. 

 In places of varying degrees of shade it is diffi- 

 cult to estimate the requirments so as to decide 

 whether a pure shade grass shall be used. 

 Therefore, as before, in considering soil con- 

 ditions, it is the part of wisdom to use a mixture, 

 which includes shade loving grasses. The best 

 of these is the wood meadow grass {Poa nem- 

 oralis), which thrives under trees where other 

 grasses fail. The crested dog's tail (Cynosurus 



