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are conducive to a glossy surface, especially when assisted by the dressings to be named 

 later on. Sweeping distributes worm casts, while rolling keeps the useful little worms 

 from being unpleasantly active. Worms are far from injurious to a lawn, being the best 

 natural drainage and doing their work at the parts were most needed. A lawn upon which 

 these are unpleasantly numerous is clearly in want of additional drainage. Towards autumn, 

 when leaves are falling, and again during the winter, when the lawn is too wet for use, 

 sweeping and rolling must still be kept up, although not to the same extent. Otherwise 

 the grass gets coarser, worms draw in so many leaves, and it is generally unsightly. Tidiness 

 is a great help to the lawn, both in appearance and condition. 



Eradication of Weeds and Moss and the Renovation of indifferent Lawns 

 are important items. Such weeds as Yarrow, Dandelion, Dock, Plantain, and others must 



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be cut out bodily with a Daisy eradicator or other useful tool. The use of lawn sands and 

 various liquids as a means of destroying these is not advisable. How can one hope to 

 destroy such varied and strong weeds, and yet leave the best of the lawn grass uninjured ? 

 Nothing but perseverance will be successful, and suitable dressings will then often bring the 

 lawn into good condition again in a short time. Moss is a great trouble in some cases, but 

 this is generally a proof of poor soil or a too wet condition, and can be remedied accordingly. 

 An excellent plan is to rake up as much of the moss as possible, and dress with two-parts 

 rich loam and one of lime in autumn, or at any time when showery. By not dressing 

 deeper than half an inch, and giving a thorough sweeping soon after, one need not have the 

 lawn unsightly. At any time a poor lawn can be much improved by a shallow dressing of 

 decayed vegetable refuse, manure, and loam in equal proportions, the whole being passed 



