LAWNS: GRADING AND UPKEEP 



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entirely remaking, by top dressing with a compost consisting of 

 equal parts of soil and manure, to which about ten per cent, of tank- 

 age has been added. Such a top dressing is recommended also for 

 lawns made on shallow soils. 



In the Southern States it is quite impossible to establish a per- 

 manent greensward that will look well at all seasons. The only 

 grass that will succeed with any degree of satisfaction is the Ber- 

 muda Grass {Capriola dadylon). This grass dies to the ground in 

 the Winter, but is good during the Spring, Summer and early Au- 

 tumn. Lawns of this grass are made by cutting up the roots of old 

 plants and setting the small tufts of root about twelve inches apart, 

 mulching with well rotted manure. For Winter effect on terraces 

 or lawn close to the bouse English perennial Rye may be sown. 





STUDY OF A HOUSE LOCATION ON A SMALL LOT 



Fig 15. — " The ideal location is one where the ground slopes away from the house on all 

 four sides." — See page 20 



