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morning or in the evening, after the heat of the day 

 has passed. The small plats of turf about city houses 

 suffer severely from being watered late in the morning, 



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

 PARK, BALTIMORE, MD. 



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

 Agriculture for 1897.) 



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 stream 

 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 



