THE GARDEN BOOK OF CALIFORNIA 



and I once saw a very beautiful moss lawn. The varieties of 

 grasses used in California for lawn-making are innumerable, 

 and some of them attractive for one reason or another, but 

 for beauty and all-the-year-round attractiveness and success, 

 the best lawn is made of Kentucky blue grass and white 

 clover. Now, when planting do not mix the seed. It is 

 not the right way. The grass seed should be proportioned 

 to the clover about two-thirds grass, one-third clover. Plant 

 the grass first, scattering it all over, then go over the same 

 ground again with the clover. The reason for this is that 

 the weight of the seeds is so different that they scatter most 

 unevenly when mixed, and the lawn comes up in patches. 

 I have in mind a beautiful lawn about a public building 

 planted in this way. The gardener waters this lawn 

 thoroughly (which means soakingly) three times a week. 

 The turf is like velvet, and it never smells musty. 



To keep grass in good color, smooth and even, is a con- 

 stant care, and the watering and clipping should be done at 

 stated intervals, while at longer intervals fertilizing and 

 weeding will be required. 



INDOORS 



Unhealthy house plants are a vexation to the spirit. 

 Often I am asked to prescribe for a sick fem, a diseased 

 palm, a ragged, unhappy-looking begonia, or an unkempt 

 geranium. 



As a rule, the poor things have been grievously mal- 



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