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and watered by a garden-engine having a 
very fine rose. This watering may be re¬ 
peated occasionally if the weather should be 
very dry; and if any mole-hills or worm-casts 
appear, they should be levelled, and the 
rolling repeated. 
When the ground is to be covered with 
turf, instead of being sown with grass seeds, 
the turf should, if possible, be procured from 
some meadow or downs where sheep have 
been fed; as these animals bite close to the 
roots, and this kills the coarser grasses which 
have generally weak fibrous roots, while the 
finer grasses, which have deep roots, remain 
uninjured. The turf is then cut with a turf 
spade, and rolled up for removal. When it 
is to be laid down, and the ground is ready to 
receive it, it is spread out, and the different 
rolls carefully joined to each other: little bits 
being cut off or pushed in where the pieces 
do not exactly fit. It is then watered and 
rolled, and will require no other care. With 
regard to after management, a lawn can 
never be kept neat without frequent mowing, 
and this is an operation which a lady cannot 
very well perform for herself: unless, indeed, 
