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carefully over such parts as are not entirely 

 covered with grass, with a nail tamper — 

 procurable at any of the leading seedsmen's 

 — ^followed by another man, who carefully 

 scatters grass seed into the holes made. At 

 the same time a thin coating of carefully 

 screened, rich loam should be sprinkled over 

 the surface treated. By indenting the ground 

 with innumerable small holes you are sure 

 of getting the seed to stay just where it is 

 wanted, instead of its being blown away by 

 the wind or washed away by the first rain- 

 fall, especially if it is on a slope. 



"Work of this kind can also be done at any 

 time from April until October; but, in the 

 summer months, it must be followed up by 

 continuous watering until the grass is fairly 

 well started. If for any reason the new grass 

 fails to materialise, keep at the work until it 

 does. It is impossible to have too close a carpet 

 of grass on a green. Where nine-tenths of the 

 ground is covered* the balance being made 

 up of bare spots here and there, it is very 

 easy to get the whole covered. These bare 

 spots are usually caused by rolling down 

 worm casts. Before a green is cut or rolled, 

 the green should be brushed. The better. 



