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long, lateral feeding roots, it is necessary that 

 the area containing the available food for 

 these plants should be large. Since the sur- 

 face of the area cannot be increased, greater 

 feeding space for the plants can only be pro- 

 vided by deep cultivation and thorough prepa- 

 ration of at least eight to ten inches of the 

 surface soil. The soil to this depth should be 

 made rich and should be put into an ideal con- 

 dition for the development of plant roots. 



Cultivation should have for its object the 

 liberation of plant food and destruction of 

 weeds which may interfere with the establish- 

 ment of the lawn or which may be detri- 

 mental to it after it is once established. 



After the seed bed has been thoroughly and 

 carefully prepared and the grass seed scattered 

 in appropriate quantities, according to the 

 kind used, the surface should be given a care- 

 ful raking or rolling if the area is dry. If 

 showers have been frequent, raking after the 

 seed has been sown will suffice until after the 

 grass has reached a height sufficient to be 

 clipped by a lawn mower. Prior to clipping 

 the grass with a lawn mower, if the ground 

 was not rolled after seeding, a heavy lawn 

 roller should be passed over the surface in 

 order to make it as smooth as possible. After 

 the grass has an opportunity to become erect 

 it should then be clipped with a mower. 



FERTILIZERS. 



Thoroughly composted stable manure which 

 is as free as possible from detrimental weed 

 seeds is undoubtedly the best material to use 

 in producing the desired fertility of the soil. 

 Thirty to fifty loads of well-decomposed stable 

 manure are not too much to use upon an acre 

 of land designed for the greensward. Where 

 such stable manure is not available the next 

 best plan to follow is that previously sug- 

 gested — the plowing under of green crops, 

 such as clovers, cowpeas, soy beans, and similar 

 plants. The land should then receive an 

 application of about 1,000 pounds of lime to 

 the acre, and at the time of preparing the seed 

 bed 500 to 1,000 pounds of fine-ground bone, 

 together with 300 to 500 pounds of a high- 

 grade fertilizer upon each acre. The fertilizer 

 may contain three per cent, nitrogen, six to 

 eight per cent, phosphoric acid, and about 

 eight per cent potash. 



After the lawn has been established and it 

 has gone into "winter quarters," it is well to 

 give the young grass a mulch of well-decom- 

 posed stable manure, which shall not be heavy 

 enough to disfigure or mar its appearance, but 

 should be so fine and well decomposed that it 

 will be carried beneath the surface of the grass 

 by the rains and snows of the winter, leaving 

 very little rough or unsightly matter to be 

 raked off in the spring. If this is not desir- 

 able, after the greensward has passed through 

 the first winter it should be treated to a top- 

 dressing of fine-ground bone at the rate of 

 1,000 pounds to the acre. 



(To be continued) 



VINES FOR THE HOUSE 

 AND WALL 



By Ida D. Bennett 



VINES are nature's most graceful act of 

 charity to a decaying and dilapidated 

 world ; foreseeing that the things she 

 had created in happy mood were not immune 

 from time's disasters, she brings the graceful 

 vine to drape and hide their deformities. Na- 

 ture is ever a useful guide to the landscape 

 gardener, but must, like most things, be fol- 

 lowed with discretion, and her lead followed 

 just so far as it makes for harmony and artis- 

 tic beaut)'. Obviously the wild tangle of 

 vine and leafage that makes beautiful some 

 wild ravine will prove disappointing if an at- 



