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seeded, the seeded places should have earth 

 sprinkled over them and well rolled down to 

 prevent the seed from blowing away. Many 

 lawn makers imagine that grass should be per- 

 mitted to go uncut and to grow tall diu-ing the 

 late Autumn as a protection to the grass roots, 

 but this is a mistake. The lawn should be kept 

 well clipped until the grass stops growing for 

 the season. Another fallacy with lawn-mak- 

 ers is the supposition that an unsightly top 

 dressing of stable manure is necessary for ap- 

 plication to lawns. Pulverized sheep manure 

 is of far greater value, a good top-dressing of 

 which will suffice. It is absurd to render the 

 lawns offensively unsightly through the Winter 

 months by the other method, and home garden- 

 makers fortunately are coming to appreciate 

 this point of view. 



Unless the Winters in a locality are very se- 

 vere the early October days lend themselves to 

 the planting of ornamental trees and shrubs, 

 but in one's choice of specimens for planting 

 local climatic conditions should be taken into 

 account. It would be well to consult some lo- 

 cal horticulturist of experience or some rehable 



