The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
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Lippia for Lawn in California 
I have had a Lippia lawn for the past 
10 or 12 years. In a sense it has “made 
good" in California. In the Summer it 
makes a thick mat of vines that creep 
close to the ground and root at every 
joint where there is sufficient moisture. 
It may be cut with a lawn mower, the 
same as any lawn grass, and chickens eat 
it readily. The bloom is about the size 
of white clover blossoms, and a lawn of 
it is quite beautiful when in full bloom. 
Also sweet scented. It will stand tramp¬ 
ing better than any other plant we know 
of. The vines run out over the edge of 
our cement walks 6 to S in., matting to¬ 
gether and even forming roots. This we 
have to cut off with a sharp hoe once or 
twice a year. Its great advantage over 
lawn grass is its ability to live and make 
some growth without water. But it is a 
warm weather plant and makes no growth 
during our Winter months, and a little 
frost soon turns it gray and unattractive. 
I doubt if it would live where the soi 
freezes very much. 
For the above reasons it is not being 
planted here as much as formerly, as a 
grass lawn keeps green the year round if 
well cared for. f. s. newcomb. 
Santa Clara Co. Cal. 
R. N.-Y.—We hope to give this little 
plant a trial in New Jersey next Sum¬ 
mer, but we do not expect it to supersede 
our lawn grasses. It is interesting to 
learn that it is not likely to supersede 
grass, even in California, and any claim 
that it can be preferable to grass in the 
East seems quite exploded. This Lippia 
has definite value under certain condi¬ 
tions, but it would appear that some ad 
vertising claims made for it were mis¬ 
leading. 
Care of Old Cemeteries 
On page 1490 was published a very per¬ 
tinent inquiry in regard to old cemeteries. 
If town authorities cannot or will not re 
gard that law, is there any redress? Is 
there a way to induce enforcement? It is 
obvious that the plan recommended, that 
the people in proximity to such burial 
ground do the work voluntarily, is the 
better way in the main, but $50 would be 
a fine incentive to them, and in many 
instances only a starter. Some officials 
are strongly opposed to any expense in 
rural or partly neglected cemeteries, ex¬ 
cepting enough to cut the grass and weeds 
once a year, costing about $5. Even in 
some cases where pioneers and soldiers 
were buried, neglect and the ghoulish 
practice of removal of remains, make a 
bad-looking sight in a civilized land. b. 
Erin, N. Y. 
Our opinion is that this work of keep¬ 
ing old cemeteries in repair is best done 
by individuals or organizations. We 
would not leave it to the town authori¬ 
ties, but take it up as a patriotic duty. 
It is fine work for the local Grange or for 
social organizations. Do not wait for the 
slow-moving “town authorities.” Do it 
yourself! 
Damage From Dust Sprays 
What is the legal right of using dust 
in place of spraying? If I should dust 
our orchard and the dust drifts on my 
neighbor’s grass causing the death of cat¬ 
tle, am I liable? If it blows on other 
small fruit, like raspberries, dewberries 
or strawberries, at ripening time, would 
it make the fruit dangerous for market¬ 
ing? Could the v owner get damages? 
^ hat right has a man to blow poison 
dust to the wind that is carried from one- 
half to two miles, according to wind? 
Can there be an injunction to stop the 
rise of this dangerous practice to his ad¬ 
joining owner? C. A. L. 
New York. 
So far as we know these points have 
never come up in law. We think the 
man who uses a poisoned dust would nat¬ 
urally be held responsible for any dam¬ 
age resulting from its use. The trouble 
would be to prove that such damage was 
caused by the dust. We do not believe 
that such dust would carry a mile and 
then injure stock. In order to get an 
injunction it would be necessary to prove 
possibility of damage without any doubt, 
and that would be a difficult thing to do. 
It is very doubtful if any such injunction 
would be issued. 
Judge: ‘‘You are charged with pounc¬ 
ing on h chicken and running off with it.” 
Prisoner: “I guess it must be in me blood, 
yer honor; me ancestors landed on 
Plymouth Rock.—Boston Transcript. 
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