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morning or in the evening, after the heat of the da}' 

 has passed. The small plats of turf about cit_v houses 

 suffer severel}' from being watered late in the morning, 



FIG. 45 — LAWN-MOWERS, OR TURF-MAKERS, IN DRUID HILL 



I'AKK, BALTIMORE, MD. 



(Lamson-Scribner in Year book of United States Department of 



Agriculture for 1S97.) 



and the wet grass then subjected to the full heat of the 

 summer sun, intensified by the surrounding walks and 

 buildings. A proper sprinkling nozzle should also be 

 used on the hose. When this is not done the turf may 

 be greatly injured. Where the full force of the strearn 

 is allowed to strike directly against the surface of a 

 thin sward, the soil is washed slowly from the roots 

 of the grasses and they are thus exposed to the sun 



