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INDEX 



Rough-stalked meadow 

 grass, when to use, 



95- 

 Rye grass, 7. 



English, features of, 87. 



for winter lawns in the 



South, III. 



stands rough usage, 93. 



St. Augustine grass, 113. 

 St. Lucie grass (see hard- 

 ier Bermuda grass). 

 Sandy soil, grasses for, 95. 



lawns on, 9. 



mixture for, 105. 

 Scythe, how to use, 44. 



the neglected, 133. 

 Seaside lawns, mixture 



for, 105. 

 Seed, cheapness of, 43. 



grades of, 15. 



how to buy, 97. 



mixtures, facts about, 

 87. 



for special purposes, 



lOI. 



or turf ? 32. 



quantity to use, 24, 42. 



formation spoils lawns, 

 48. 

 Seeding (see Sowing), 24. 



day for, 42. 



fall dressing before, 18. 



in summer, 41. 



on the snow, 40. 



on wet soils, 41. 



thick or thin, 42. 

 Sequence of operations, 23 



Shaded places, 93. 



mixture for, 104. 

 Sheep shears, 127. 

 Shrubberies, planting, 25. 

 Site, deciding on, 10. 



ideal, 21. 

 Slime moulds, 85. 

 Sods (see turf). 

 Sods, sizes of, 35. 

 Soil, depth of, necessary, 



13- 



enriching, proper meth- 

 od, 13. 



excavated, 12. 

 using up, 25. 



improvement, 14, 18, 



57- 



often variable, 90. 



sour, treatment of, 72. 



top, 30. 31- 

 Soils, acid, grasses for, 91. 



grasses for various, 162. 



wet, when to seed, 41. 

 Southern States, lawns 



for, 109. 

 Sowing (see Seeding). 



time for, 40. 



position for, 42. 



the art of, 41. 

 Spring renovating, 6. 



repairing ruts during, 

 60. 



top dressings, 62. 



work upon putting 

 greens, 152. 

 Sprinkling, fallacy of, 52. 

 Staking curves, 145. 



for tree planting, 149. 



