FALL WORK IN THE GARDEN 



ECAUSE the growth of 

 grass on the lawn is not as 

 luxuriant and rapid in fall 

 as it is in midsummer, is no 

 reason why the lawn should 

 be neglected after summer is 

 over. It should be mowed 

 whenever the grass gets too tall to look well, 

 clear up to the end of the season. The neat and 

 attractive appearance of the home-grounds de- 

 pends more upon the lawn than anything else 

 about them. It is a good plan to fertilize it well 

 in fall, thus enabling the roots of the sward to 

 store up nutriment for the coming season. Fine 

 bonemeal is as good for this purpose as any- 

 thing I know of except barnyard manure, and 

 it is superior to that in one respect — ^it does not 

 contain the seeds of weeds. 



Go over the garden before the end of the season 

 and gather up all plants that have completed 

 their work. If we neglect to give attention to 

 the beds now that the flowering-period is over, 

 a general appearance of untidiness will soon 



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