LAWNS 



priced, seed than to waste money and patience on the 

 part chaff and part sweepings which help to make up 

 the bulk of the cheap grades. The best is none too 

 good in the matter of grass seed. 



The lawn surface may be rolled after seeding, but 

 this is not essential, particularly if the ground is a little 

 damp when the seed is spread. It adheres to the earth 

 usually under such conditions, without any firming 

 down whatsoever. The very best seed, under the most 

 favorable conditions, will produce a growth that ought 

 to be clipped with the lawn-mower in about five weeks 

 from the time of sowing. This is of course only under 

 the most favorable conditions; but cutting may always 

 be done sooner than one might anticipate after seeding. 

 It ought never to be neglected a day, particularly on a 

 new lawn. 



No lawn ought to be shaved down close to the earth; 

 two inches is the best height for all sorts of places and 

 conditions. But to keep this height, grass must be 

 mowed often — sometimes as often as every four or five 

 days. This makes it possible to leave the clippings 

 where they fall, which it is always highly desirable to do. 

 The roots of the grass need the protection as well as the 

 nutriment which they afford. 



Go over the lawn in the spring with the roller, in 

 two directions, the same as the seed was sov\^n, when 

 the frost has been out of the ground long enough for it 

 to have dried out somewhat. This will press all the 

 roots firmly down after the heaving action of freezing 

 and thawing that has gone on all winter; it also 



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