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&nu cover the Seed, that if theWea- 

 ther mould happen to be windy, it 

 may not be blown away. 



As to the Seafon of lb wing Grafs, 

 the latter End of Augufl is a good 

 time ; becaufe the Seed naturally re- 

 quires nothing but Moifture to make 

 it grow : if it be not fown till the 

 latter End of February , or the Begin- 

 ning of March, if theWeather proves 

 dry, it will not fo foon make the 

 Walks or Quarters green. It is alfo 

 belt to fow it in a mild Day, and in- 

 clining to Rain ; for that, by finking 

 down the Seed in the Earth, will 

 caufe it to (hoot the fooner. But 

 where Grafs is fown in Gardens, 

 either for Lawns or Walks, there 

 mould always be a good Quantity of 

 the white Trefoil or Dutch Clover 

 fown with it ; for this will make a 

 Jine Turf much fooner than any 

 other fown Grafs ; and will continue 

 a better Verdure than any of the 

 grafs Tribe. 



After the Seed is weM come up, 

 and the Grafs is very thick, and of 

 a beautiful Green, it will require a 

 conuant Care to keep it in Order : 

 tin? ccnfiib in mowing the Grals 

 often ; for the oftener it is mowed, 

 the {bicker aud bandibmer it grows : 

 it mult alfo be rolled with a Cylin- 

 der or RoJler ef Wood, to level it 

 as much as pciTible. 



If Grafs be neglefted, it will run 

 into Quick grafs and Weeds-; and if 

 i; does fo, there is no way to recover 

 it, but either by fowing it,, or lay- 

 ing it over again, and that once in 

 e\ ery two Years : but if she Ground 

 Be well cleared from the Roots of 

 ltrong Weeds, and the Turf be taken 

 from a fire level Common, it will 

 continue handfome for leveral Years, 

 provided it be well kept. 



In order to keep Grafs-pJats or 

 Wa**s handkme, mid in £ood Or* 



der, in Autumn you may fow fome 

 i*eih Seed over any Places that are 

 not well felled, or where the Grafs 

 is dead, to renew and furnifh them 

 again: but there is nothing which 

 improves Grafs fo much as ccnitant 

 rolling and polling it, to deftroy 

 Wormcaiis, and thereby the Turf is 

 rendered lire. 



It is a general Praclice, when 

 Turf is laid in Gardens, to cover the 

 Surface of the Ground under the 

 Turf, either with Saiid, or very 

 poor Earth : the Defign of this is to 

 keep the Grafs fine, by preventing 

 its growing too rank. This is pro- 

 per enough for very rich Ground, 

 but is not fo for fuch Land as is but 

 middling or poor; for when this is 

 pra&ifed in fuch Places, the Grafs 

 will foon wear out, and decay in 

 Patches. 



When Turf is taken from a Com- 

 mon or D«wn, there thould be re- 

 gard had to the Cleannefs of it, and 

 not to take fuch as is full of Weeds ; 

 for it will be a very tedious Piece of 

 Work, to weed tnein out after the 

 TurfU" laid ; and Unlcfs this is done, 

 the Grafs will never appear hand- 

 fome. 



Where Turf isdefigned to remain 

 for Ycari without renewing, there 

 mould be Drclling laid upon it, every 

 other Year, either of very rotten 

 Dung, or Ahhes; and where it can bt 

 eafily procured, very rotten Tan I 

 a good DrefTing for Grafs : but thefi 

 Dreilings fhould be laid on early ir 

 Winter, that the Rain may wall 

 them into the Ground, before th 

 Drought of the Spring comes on 

 other wife they w ill occafion the Grai 

 to burn, when the Warmth of Sum 

 mer begins. Where Grafs is fo drefl 

 ed, and kept well rolled and mow 

 ed, it may remain very beautifi 

 fcl mar^y Yeats : but where it is nc 

 dreifst 



