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INDEX 



Crested dog's-tail, with 



Kentucky blue, 94. 

 Crimson clover, 57. 

 Curves and obstacles, 147. 



making, 145. 

 Cutting, close, 49. 



first time, 44. 



hay often?, 45. 



rules for, 48. 



tools for, 118. 

 Cynodon Dadylon, 75. 



Dactylis glomerata, 75. 

 Dandelions, 69. 

 Depth of soil, 8. 

 Dock, 69. 

 Drainage, 17, 28. 

 Drainage, effects, of, 29. 

 Dynamite, how to use, 17. 



Earthworms, 81, 157. 

 Edges of flower beds, 142. 

 of lawns trimming and 

 truing, 129. 

 Edging and trimming 

 tools, 125. 

 iron, 128. 

 shears, 126. 

 Ellipse, how to make an, 



143- 

 English and American 

 conditions compared, 



7- 

 Excavated soil, handling, 

 12, 25. 



Fair green, mixture for, 

 105. 



Fairy rings, 84. 

 Fall dressing before seed- 

 ing, 18. 



preparation, 40. 



renovating, 5. 

 Farm crops to prepare 



soil, 18. 

 Feeding lawns, 56. 



putting greens, 154. 

 Fertiliser formula, 57. 

 Fertilisers and manures, 



14, 56- 

 long lasting, 64. 

 Fertilising on heavy soils, 



57- 

 Southern lawns, iii. 

 Fescues, features of , 87. 

 Festt4sa ovina, var. tenui- 



folia, 94. 

 Filling, 24. 



around trees, 27. 

 Fills, how to make, 13. 

 First steps, 17. 

 Florida, lawns for, 112. 

 Flower beds, how to 



make, 140. 

 Fog plant for California, 



history of, 115. 



Foreign' mixtures unde- 

 sirable, 7. 



Formulas for seed mix- 

 tures, 102. 

 how to balance, 103, 

 108. 



Foundations, importance 

 of thorough, 6. 



Frost, action of, 5. 



