HOUSE AND GARDEN 
June, 
1915 
399 
SOUTHERN* GARDEN 
DEPARTMENT 
Conducted by JULIA LESTER DILLON 
Inquiries and problems for this department willreceive prompt 
attention. Please enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope for reply 
Southern Lawns 
O N many of the estates in the South, 
which are used only as winter resi¬ 
dences, June is the regular time for making 
over the lawns. Fertilizers are freely used, 
and after being spread over the surface are 
ploughed in. The ploughing is usually 
very deep and the sod is then disc-har¬ 
rowed in order to cut it very fine. This 
done, the surface is raked as fine and 
smooth as it is possible to get it and then 
is left to mellow until October. 
Deep raking and smoothing at this time 
is followed by thick seeding with an ever¬ 
green lawn grass seed, and, after rolling 
with a heavy roller and watering, the lawn 
is left to grow. 
In a few weeks the seed will have ger¬ 
minated and grown sufficiently to allow 
cutting. Alternate rolling and cutting, 
weekly, from this time until December 
will result in a sod that is springy and 
firm to walk on, soft and velvety to touch, 
and a picture of green loveliness on which 
to feast the eyes. 
This procedure is most expensive, and 
only those with expensive purses can af¬ 
ford to indulge. There is no doubt but 
that most of us have to live in our homes 
twelve months of the year, rather than 
five, and are more interested, therefore, in 
the making and care of an all-the-year 
lawn, than we are in one that is beautiful 
for less than half of that time. 
In this section of the South and farther 
there is but one grass that can be depended 
upon to give greenness throughout the hot, 
dry summer months: that is the Bermuda, 
Capriola ( Cynodon ) Dactylon. This 
grows anywhere, except under the trees 
where there is dense shade; is to be de¬ 
pended on for lush, rich turf in fertile^ 
soils, and for strong, good sod on even 
the poorest soil. The roots spread by an 
underground system and go down so deep 
that for planting on banks or where the 
soil is apt to wash nothing is better. 
The best way to plant Bermuda is to 
get the roots, cut them up fine, and plant 
out the sprigs into furrows in the drills 
twelve inches apart each way. Then the 
ground should be rolled. They are easily 
grown in the spring and can be planted at 
any time except in extremely dry weather 
in midsummer and in the midwinter sea¬ 
son. This planting will give an even turf 
that should be rolled regularly and cut 
often. This grass alone will give a beau¬ 
tiful, soft, blue-green summer sod that 
will stand the hardest wear. When Sep¬ 
tember comes the Bermuda begins to turn 
brown, and quick and hard work is neces¬ 
sary to keep the lawn in trim. The sod 
should be cut very closely, raked as 
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THE NATIONAL PERIODICAL ASSOCIATION 
STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, ETC. 
of HOUSE & GARDEN, published monthly at New York, N. Y., required by the Act of August 24, 1912. 
The Managing Editor is Richardson Wright, Post-office Address, 31 East 17th St., New York. 
Publisher: McBride, Nast & Company; Post-office Address, 31 East 17th St., New York. 
Owners: McBride, Nast & Company, a corporation, Post Office Address, 31 East 17th St., New York. 
Names and addresses of stockholders holding one per cent, or more of total amount of stock: 
Samuel McBride, 109 Lefferts Place, Brooklyn, New York. 
Robert M. McBride, 31 East 17th St., New York. 
Conde Nast, 449 Fourth Avenue, New York. 
Ernest Hall, 62 William St., New York. 
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mortgages, or other securities: 
J. B. Lippincott Company, East Washington Square, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Liquidization & Realization Company, 55 Liberty St., New York. 
Architectural Publishing Company, Philadelphia, Pa. 
This statement is signed by Richardson Wright, managing editor, for McBride, Nast & Co. 
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 11th day of March. 1915. 
John T. Elsroad. 
Notary Public New York County, No. 8. 
Commission Expires March 30th, 1915. 
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