The Illustrated Guide for Amateur Gardeners. 
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Buckling Hall, from a photograph by Bond, Norwich. 
HINTS TO AMATEURS 
IN MAKING A NEW LAWN OR TENNIS GROUND. 
In constructing a new lawn or Tennis Court, the ground should he carefully prepared. An open level piece of ground, naturally 
well-drained, should, if possible, be selected ; but where a good natural position is not to be obtained, the soil must be removed from 
the higher to the lower parts until the surface is perfectly level ; and if the ground be too moist or retentive, it should be thoroughly 
well drained. Let the ground selected be well dug to the depth of eighteen inches or two feet, and an equal depth of soil obtained. 
If poor, a good coating of well-decayed manure should be incorporated with the soil. After digging, rake down level, and roll or 
beat the surface to an equal firmness all over. A frequent mistake is made in carting the soil on to the plot to be laid down, instead 
of having it wheeled on planks laid down for the purpose. The cart-rut so made is much harder than the surrounding ground, and 
when the natural subsidence takes place a very uneven surface is left. The surface soil to the depth of three inches should also be as 
nearly as possible of equal richness, in order that the grass should grow evenly and of the same colour. April and September are the 
best months for sowing, and the quantity of seed from half a pound to one pound to the rod, or from three to six bushels to the acre. 
All weeds should be removed as soon as they make their appearance, and when the grass has grown to the height of three or four 
inches it .should be cut and rolled. Frequent cutting and rolling are of great importance where a fine, close, and soft turf is required, 
and an occasional dressing of Daniels’ Eureka Manure will also be found of great service in promoting a healthy growth of 
the young sward. The renovating and improving of old lawns is also a work of importance at the proper season — say, in April. 
Daisies and other weeds should be eradicated. The holes that these weeds are taken from should be filled up with soil, which should be 
beaten hard into them; and the surface of the lawn ought then to be sown over moderately thick with Finest Lawn Mixture, 
and covered with another heavier sowing of sifted soil, the whole being rolled down. This rolling should be done when no fear exists 
of the soil adhering to the roll. It is surprising what good can be effected (to say nothing of the pleasure derived from the 
improved appearance) from a small outlay annually, by employing cheap labour for a short time each year, and by giving an annual 
surface-dressing. Grass seeds can never be fairly sown too thickly for making a new or improving an old lawn, as it is found that the 
thicker the seed is sown, the finer will he the turf. As many varieties of small birds are very fond of grass seeds, it will be well, 
when sown, to give some protection for a short time till the plants are up. 
Daniels’ Mixtures of Lawn Grass Seeds 
FOR TENNIS LAWNS, CROQUET AND CRICKET GROUNDS, &c. 
Carriage Free in quantities of not less than 2 lbs. 
Mixture of Dwarf Grasses, for producing a fine close tur£ ... ... ... ... ... per lb. Is. Od. per bush. 20s. 
Fine Mixture of Dwarf Grasses, for producing a dark green velvety turf ... ... ... „ Is. 6d. „ 25s. 
Finest Mixture of Dwarf Evergreen Grasses, extra choice ... ... ... ... „ 2s. Od. „ 30s. 
Our Lawn Grass Mixtures can be supplied, with or without Clover as required. 
“ The Lawn I sowed with your Grass Seeds this Spring, has given great satisfaction.”— Mr. W. COLLINS, Byculluh Park, N. 
” The Lawn Grass Seed you seut is wonderful, wc shall he able to play teuuis upon the grass this Summer to the nstouishment of our 
neighbours.”— Mrs. BURKE, Ratbfarnham. 
