LAWNS 71 



Bermuda grass is not objectionable, but, on the 

 contrary, is really the main dependence of those 

 desiring good lawns where the soil is light and 

 sandy. But wherever orchard grass or timothy 

 make their appearance they should be immedi- 

 ately dug up, and if this process involves the 

 rendering of the surface uneven, fill in with 

 soil as already advised and scatter lawn grass 

 seed on its surface. 



INSECTS AND MOLES 



Ants are the most serious of the minor in- 

 sects that infest lawns, and though they do not 

 directly attack the grasses themselves they do 

 no end of injury by loosening the soil and tun- 

 neling under the roots. Usually the pests are 

 killed by the application of boiling water, but, 

 as this means a subsequent resowing of seed, 

 it is best to proceed against- them by a method 

 at once simple and effective. Use bi-sulphite 

 of carbon; it is a heavy volatile liquid which 

 sinks quickly into the opening in the ant-hill 

 and immediately gives forth fumes which, be- 

 ing heavier than the air, penetrate at once to 

 the remotest sections of the runs in the home. 

 Apply it by pouring into a hill of average size 

 a tablespoonful of the liquid and laying over 



