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An effective window awning of 
duck with stenciled design in 
lohite or color. It may be had, 
for instance, in such gay effects 
as orange with white stenciling. 
For the average size window, 
it costs about $5 
An unusual lattice design has 
been stenciled on this awning. 
It may be had in any coloring 
but it is particularly attrac¬ 
tive in grey bound with green 
and with green stenciling. 
Approximate price, $5 
For the beach or lawn comes this umbrella with a spread of 6'. 
It is of striped duck in red and white, blue and white or green 
and white. Patented metal ball clasps slip over the tips of the 
ribs, and while the cover is removable, it cannot be torn loose 
from the ball clasps. $2.98 
or filling in. This offers a great temptation 
to cover up the natural surface soil of the 
site with cold subsoil removed from the 
basement excavation, or by a poor grade of 
filling as heterogeneous in character as the 
passengers in a metropolitan subway train. 
Such material may be safely used only 
where fillings deeper than the feeding zone 
of the sod are to be made. For the upper 
4' it is false economy to use anything but 
such soil as will support a permanent 
growth of grass. No after-treatment can 
ever overcome a faulty start in lawn¬ 
making. 
Most of the grasses which produce a de¬ 
sirable sod are at home on a rather loamy 
soil. A clay or a clay loam subsoil is ideal 
for them. For the upper surface layer of 
about Y, native soil removed before the 
grading was commenced can be used, pro¬ 
viding it is loamy and free of weeds. If 
the soil at hand is rather light and sandy it 
can be materially improved by incorporat¬ 
ing with it as many as thirty or more loads 
of well rotted stable manure per acre. Let 
me emphasize here that the opportune time 
to incorporate organic matter and plant 
food in a lawn soil is before the seeding is 
done, because afterward only surface dress¬ 
ings of fertilizer can be applied. With 
this in mind the wise owner will see to it 
that lime is applied at the rate of two tons 
of ground stone per acre. The use, also, 
of 500 pounds or so of steamed bone meal 
per acre at this time would not be amiss. 
These materials, if well worked into the 
surface soil, should provide sufficient plant 
food for the grasses indefinitely, provided 
the usual subsequent surface dressings of 
manure are occasionally made. 
After the soil is thus properly treated, it 
should be well worked down where there 
is room for the operation of a disc harrow. 
On small plots hand hoeing will accomplish 
the same results. Following this chopping 
manipulation a heavy horse roller, or a 
hand tamp made by nailing a piece of 2" 
X 6" board to a post, can be used to mash 
clods and pack the soil. Noticeable depres¬ 
sions you should fill at this time with a 
fresh supply of soil. To serve the double 
purpose of creating an ideal grass seed bed 
and at the same time cleaning up pebbles, 
twigs and other debris, the smooth surface 
can then be raked. 
Seed and Seeding 
For the greater part of the United States 
blue-grass makes up the main part of the 
greensward. Its characteristic habits of 
growth, hardiness and color make it a 
favorite wherever it can be grown. It does 
very well on loam, silt loam, and clay loam 
soils. On less fertile soil, sandy loam, or 
rather thin soils, red-top usually takes its 
place. In the West, where neither of these 
grasses does well, native buffalo grass has 
been successfully used for lawn purposes. 
Its propagation so far has been by sod 
planting, however, as seedsmen do not as 
yet offer the seed for sale. The sandy soils 
of the Atlantic coast plain present another 
special problem in lawn seeding. Here 
Bermuda grass and carpet grass, both of 
which have a similar creeping habit of 
growth, are becoming more and more popu¬ 
lar. Like the buffalo grass of the West 
these are usually readily propagated by the 
turf method, as seed in sufficient quantities 
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A lawn canopy comes in canary yellow 
duck with green trimmings, and in 
other colors. The spread is 8' and the 
stand is equipped with a tilting de¬ 
vice. $16.75. A windshield matching 
in color and material can be attached 
by snaps, $6.50. Table cover to match. 
$2.50. The chair covers to match can 
be obtained for $1.35 each 
Another new canopy, $19, dark blue duck 
with red trimmings and other colors. 
The spread is 8'. A wind curtain, 8%' 
x 6', fastening by snaps and extending 
across four panels, comes for $5.75. 
The table, 42" wide, is all metal in a 
dark green finish, $12.50. Chairs in the 
same finish, $2.75 each. Chair covers, 
$1.35. Table cover to match, $2.50 
I AND THESE WILL LENGTHEN I 
I YOUR LIFE ON THE LAWN | 
| They can be purchased through the House & Garden | 
| Shopping Service, 440 Fourth Avenue, Neiv York City. | 
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