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PLANTING HOME GROUNDS 
acteristic of turning dead and brown at the first heavy 
frost. It invariably kills back to the deeper roots every 
Winter. Temperatures lower than 5° below zero will 
often kill out large areas of Bermuda Grass. 
A HARDY BERMUDA GRASS. 
For the past two years the Board of Park Commis¬ 
sioners lias been experimenting with a hardy strain of 
Bermuda Grass. This so-called “hardy” Bermuda Grass 
is somewhat coarser than the Bermuda Grass with which 
we are most familiar, and it has stouter root stalks. 
Observations thus far have indicated that this so- 
called “hardy” Bermuda Grass will very likely endure 
lower temperatures without injury than the ordinary Ber¬ 
muda Grass. The tests and trials of this variety have not 
yet progressed far enough to draw any definite conclusions 
or to justify any recommendations at this time. 
During the Winter of 1924 lawns planted with this 
hardy Bermuda Grass endured temperatures of 12° below 
zero, without injury. Many lawns planted to the ordinary 
Bermuda Grass were seriously damaged by this severe 
cold. 
