LAWNS FOR SUBTROPICAL REGIONS II3 



climate and greater humidity — there is oppor- 

 tunity for yet other grasses to be used for 

 lawns, and the St. Augustine grass (Steno- 

 taphrum secundatum also known as S. Ameri- 

 canuni) is the grass relied upon for lawn pur- 

 poses. It has a coarse and very upright leaf 

 but a creeping root stock. It remains in a 

 green condition practically throughout the 

 whole year, and, so far as giving the green 

 colour so desirable for landscape effects is 

 concerned, answers every requirement. It 

 is not, however, a perfect lawn grass. It is 

 adapted to a wide area and succeeds in the 

 West Indies displacing the Bermuda grass 

 even in the Island of Bermuda. 



THE KOREAN LAWN GRASS 



From Charlestown, south along the sea- 

 coast, very satisfactory results have been ob- 

 tained by the use of the Korean lawn grass 

 known to botanists by the name o( Osterdamia 

 matrella. This is a creeping or stoloniferous 

 grass with rather rigid often sharp pointed 

 leaves and tapering tender spikelets. Two 

 or three other species of the genus have been 

 introduced but the one named is reported 



