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FOR ILAWM^o GOILF COURSESp ETC, 



HOW TO MAKE A LAWN— Continued. 



VELVET LAWN 

 HAND-POWER SEEDER 



two inches high, it should be rolled with a light weight roller, 

 to firm the soil, and when over 2 inches in height it is ready for 

 the lawn mower. 



The knives should be set high for this first cutting, so as not 

 to cut it off too close to the ground. The best machine on 

 the market is the Henderson Ball Bearing Lawn Mower. 

 From this time on until growth is retarded in the fall, the 

 lawn should be regularly mown every week, so as to induce 

 the grass to spread out over the surface, 

 instead of growing up tall and leaving 

 bare spots. Any bare spots should be 

 repaired as soon as observed, by scratch- 

 ing the ground, putting in a handful of 

 seed and covering in the usual way. 

 When a lawn is mown regularly the clip- 

 pings may be left on, and as the sun 

 soon shrivels them up they never appear 

 unsightly, also they protect the roots ^ 

 of the young grass from the hot sun. 



If the grass is allowed to get long 

 then the clippings should be raked off 

 or caught in a grass-catcher which may be attached to the 

 mower. In the early stages of the growth of a lawn, it will 

 be found very beneficial to top-dress it, by scattering broad- 

 cast a compost of sifted soil and sand and the Henderson Lawn 

 Enricher using 25 lbs. of the latter to a cartload of the former. 

 It often happens that the soil contains weed seeds of various 

 species and among them crab-grass, known also as five-fingered 

 grass. Like manj' of the others this is annual, and if not allowed 

 to seed, may ultimately be eradicated. But as it is prostrate in 

 growth it should be loosened up with a rake and the scythe used 

 two or three times during the season. Whatever means are 

 employed it must be cut out, and lawn grass seed thickly sown 

 in its place, so that it will not be able to obtain a footing the 

 following year. 



■nQTTT-ng-p The benefit derived from using a roller on the 

 lawn, especially in the spring is not fully under- 

 stood. The action of freezing and thawing causes the ground 

 to heave, and we may sometimes see hardy plants so forced up 

 that their roots are destroyed. A lawn is just a collection of 

 millions of little plants and they suffer in the same way unless 

 the ground is firmly pressed back with a roller before hot weather 

 comes. For use on the lawn always take a "two or three section" 



roller, as they can be turned without 

 injuring the grass. A 300 lb. roller is 

 about as heavy as one man can pull, 

 though a 400 lb. will be better if you 

 have two persons to operate it. 



RENOVATING ^° renovate lawns 

 that have become 

 worn out by neglect or other causes, 

 and where it is not convenient or de- 

 sirable to renew by 

 plowing up, they may 

 be greatly benefited 

 by first mowing the 

 grass as closely as 

 possible. Then top 

 dress with the Hen- 

 Iderson Lawn Enricher 

 using Ij pounds to 

 every square of 9 ft. 



HENDERSON'S WATER BALLAST ROLLER X 8 ft. Or a 5 lb. pack- 



STIMULATING. 



age for 4 spaces. This must be well raked in, or if 

 the lawn is large, harrowed in, with a light steel 

 harrow, so as to open up the soil. Unless this is done 

 the roots of young grass cannot penetrate the old 

 soil. Sow over the raked surface about half the 

 quantity of Lawn seed used in sowing a new lawn. 

 After sowing the surface should be harrowed or 

 raked over, and firmly rolled or beaten down, but 

 if spurious grass or other weeds have got possession 

 of lawn, then this way of renovation would not be 

 satisfactory, and it had better be plowed under and 

 sown afresh, in the manner already given for the 

 formation of the lawn. 



Where very quick results are 



required, or in case a lawn is 



becoming bare or patchy in spots, caused by wear 



■V and tear or otherwise, the grasses may be forced 



iinto a quick growth by applying Nitrate of Soda at 



the rate of 100 lbs. per acre. 



If put on in the dry state it should be ap- 

 plied just before a shower, otherwise it is apt to burn the 

 grasses; but the safer plan is to dissolve one pound of the 

 nitrate in thirty to forty gallons of water and sprinkle with the 

 solution. 



The Henderson Lawn Enricher is always successful in in- 

 ducing a new growth on worn-out lawns, and is much safer to 

 use, there being no danger of burning the grass, whether used 

 in spring or autumn. Apply as recommended in the instruc- 

 tions for Renovating. 



SHADY LAWNS When a lawn is much shaded either in 

 whole or in part, the shaded portions 

 should be sown with Henderson's Shady Nook Lawn Grass Mix- 

 ture, which is a combination of fine dwarf growing evergreen 

 varieties, which in their wild or natural state are to be found 

 growing in the woods or other sheltered or shaded spots. 



In the immediate neighborhood of large trees, fertilizers 

 should be applied frequently, for the 

 trees absorb the fertilizer and impoverish 

 the ground. 



Ground much shaded is frequently 

 sour, and is apt to be covered with 

 moss. An application of lime raked 

 into the soil is an excellent corrector 

 and sweetener, but the moss should be 

 first cut off with a scuffle hoe and then 

 thrown away. 



TFRRACFS ^^ terraces it is often 

 necessary to use sod, as 

 the rains wash the soil off before the 

 grass seed has time to germinate, but in 

 favorable weather it is possible to grow 

 grass on them from seed. 



Henderson'sTerrace Sod mi.Kture which 

 we offer is composed of 

 deep-rooting grasses, 

 which, if once es- 

 tablished, will hold 

 the soil and prevent 

 washouts, We ad- 

 vise liberal fertilizing 

 and seeding so that 

 the grasses may be 

 quickly established. the Henderson ball-bearing lawn mower 



