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CONTENTS 



PAGES 



The terrace ....... c ... 62 



The bounding lines ..... c .... 64 



Walks and drives 67 



The question of drainage, curbing, and gutters ... 69 



The materials .......... 73 



3Iaking the borders 74 



Making the lawn 77 



Preparing the ground 77 



The kind of grass o . 78 



"When and how to sow the seed ...... 80 



Securing a firm sod 81 



The mowing 82 



Fall treatment 82 



Spring treatment 83 



Watering lawns 83 



Sodding the law-n . . 84 



A combination of sodding and seeding 85 



Sowing with sod ......... 86 



Other ground covers 86 



CHAPTER IV 



The Handling or the Land 87-114 



Tlie draining of the land 88 



Trenching and subsoiling ........ 90 



Preparation of the surface 92 



Tlie saving of moisture 97 



Hand tools for weeding and subsequent tillage and other hand work 101 



The hoe . . . . .101 



Scarifiers 105 



Hand-weeders .......... 106 



Trowels and their kind 106 



Rollers . 108 



Markers =108 



Enriching the lan^ 110 



CHAPTER V 



The Handling of the Plants ....... 115-177 



Solving the seeds 116 



Propagating by cuttings " 118 



Dormant stem-cuttings . . . . . . . .118 



