LAWNS 67 



Occasionally an effort is made to save a lawn 

 that is overrun by these weeds, and the per- 

 plexed owner seeks for some solution which, 

 when applied, will -kill the objectionable intrud- 

 ers and do no harm to the grass. Let him 

 understand now, once for all, that the only sure 

 and safe method of eradication is by removing 

 the weeds, root and all, by digging them out with 

 hand tools. No other method will relieve the 

 turf of dandelions, plantain or dock. Mowing 

 does not kill them nor does cutting them off an 

 inch or two below the surface of the soil. Both 

 dandelions and plantains seed very rapidly 

 and multiply at an enormous rate. They must 

 not, therefore, be allowed to come to seed. Re- 

 move them or such of them as can be reached 

 by the use of some tool, and if all the root, by 

 this process, is not obtained, drop a crystal of 

 sulphate of' iron in the hole made by the oper- 

 ation and this, dissolving, will kill the root re- 

 maining. A drop or two of gasoline, if more 

 convenient, can be used in place of the green 

 vitriol. It is better, however, to get out the 

 root in its entirety, than to rely on this or any 

 other chemical of strong corrosive powers, 

 which, in deadening the weed root, may also 

 injure the grass. Have at hand a box of loose 



