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THE IMPROVEMENT AND RENOVATION 
or 
Cricket & Tennis Grounds, Garden Lawns, 
ETC., 
IN THE AUTUMN. 
It is customary to neglect the above after play has ceased in the 
Autumn, reliance being placed upon early Spring treatment. 
This is a serious mistake. 
Turf that has become bare or worn by hard wear or other causes 
should be treated at once in the following manner. 
DIRECTIONS. 
Fill vip holes and level all low places with soil. Make the soil firm by rolling or treading. 
Then lightly scratch with a rake, sow the seed very thickly (to ensure a close turf), cover 
with our Fertilising Fibre to the depth of an inch, or with good clean maiden soil to the depth 
of a quarter of an inch, and water freely, unless the weather is showery. Where our Fertilising 
Fibre is used, one watering is frequently sufficient, but if soil is u.sed for covering the seed, 
and there is no rain, watering should be repeated. 
Where the grass is thin or worn it is merely necessary to scratch the surface with the 
rake, sow Carters’ Invicta Lawn Seed liberally (say 3 to 4 bushels per acre), and 
scatter a little of our Fertilising Fibre or soil over it to cover the seed. 
CARTERS’ LAWN MANURE may be applied with advantage over turf where 
Fertilising Fibre is not used at the rate of 5 cwt. per acre, or a 56 lb. cask to an ordinary 
Tennis lawn. 
A light seeding (say 2 bushels per acre) over the whole turf of a worn lawn will do much 
towards keeping it in condition ; but where the turf is thin the .seed should not be stinted. 
It is far better to do the work well now than to have to go over it again in the spring. 
By this practice, during the mild Winter months the grass is making 
its growth, and a far better result will follow than from any Spring 
dressing. Bare places sown thickly with seed now will be covered with 
a closer sward than if replaced with new Turf in the Spring, The ground 
will be more elastic and altogether better for play. 
(For further Particulars as to treatment, see Pamphlet gratis and post free on application.) 
For Prices of GRASS SEEDS, FERTILISING FIBRE, and LAWN MANURE, see page 43. 
Our Grass Seeds haue been used for nearly 20 years at Lord’s and the Oual 
with the most unqualifed success. 
CARTERS’. 237 & 233, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON. 
