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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



January, 1912 



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Saving a Small Lawn 



FOR many years, I heavily top dressed my lawn 

 with manure each fall hoping thereby to 

 supply the requisite amount of nutriment neces- 

 sary to insure a thick growth of beautifully green 

 grass, during the summer months. There evidently 

 was much benefit derived from this treatment, for 

 my lawn was certainly beautiful. A year ago I 

 applied the usual fall dressing but, figuring that if 

 a little was good a lot would be proportionately 

 better, I overdid it and heaped on the dressing, 

 leaving it on until very late in the spring. The 

 result was disastrous. The grass killed out in large 

 spots and the general appearance of the whole place 

 was thin and sickly. 



I was anxious to repair the damage as speedily 

 as possible but was imdecided as to the best method 

 to pursue. I was advised by an old gardener to 

 feed the ground according to his directions and 

 immediate results would follow. This feeding 

 consisted of driving one and a half inch holes in the 

 ground about three feet apart and about ten inches 

 deep. Into these holes were to be put various 

 fertilizers as the land most needed. I made a 

 series of holes all over the place and put into them 

 hard wood ashes, bone meal, sheep manure. Twice 

 as much wood ashes were used as of the bone meal 

 or sheep manure. Each hole, after filling, was 

 plugged up with a piece of sod. After the filling 

 of the holes I thoroughly soaked the ground, 

 the water running for hours from the hose lying 

 on the grass. Then I rolled and rerolled the lawn. 

 I cut the grass as often as possible and kept up the 

 watering and rolling. In a very short time results 

 began to show. About each hole that held fer- 

 tilizer the grass began to grow thick and very 

 green. The effect was at first spotty but in a very 

 short time the improved condition spread to the 

 whole place and by the middle of the summer 

 the whole lawn was in as good condition as it had 

 even been in. To the combination of fertilizing, 

 rolling, watering and cutting I attribute the 

 speedy and satisfactory restoration of my grass 

 plot but I am also convinced that lacking any 

 one of the factors the results would not have 

 been the same. 



No fertilizers will be necessary for years and when 

 necessary they will be applied as outlined above. 

 This treatment of holes has improved the me- 

 chanical condition of the soil and makes possible 

 the giving of any kind of treatment the ground 

 may require. 



I am convinced that it is a great mistake to put 

 manure on a lawn in the fall. If the soil is good 

 you can get all the results you are looking for by 

 the use of commercial fertilizers and not only get 

 the results but get them much better than by the 

 use of manure. In making over land work in the 

 manure but don't put it on the top in the fall. 



Ma3sachusetts. Percival Moore. 



The Tufted Pansy 



NOW that the tufted pansy at last is coming 

 into its own in this country, it is well for all 

 gardeners to know that choice colors of this beau- 

 tiful flower may be kept in the family by cuttings. 

 Cut the plants close to the ground, and when the 

 new shoots have pushed up a little way, work some 

 fresh soil around and, if watered well, they will 

 form roots. Part of the rooted shoots may be 

 detached and planted in a shady spot to grow 

 until needed for the border in the autumn. The 

 remainder will bloom soon if left where they are. 

 — C. F. G. 



