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thoroughly as soou as the ground becomes settled, and 
as soon as the grass is long enough, mow. Mow weekly 
from the time the grass commences to grow in the 
spring until growth ceases in the autumn. 
I! In mowing avoid cutting too close. Close cutting is 
the ruination of many lawns, it encourages the growth 
of many noxious little weeds, as well as that great pest 
of lawns, Panicum sanguinale or crab grass. 
In sowing lawns avoid all mixtures; sow nothing but 
pure, clean grass, Poa pratensis. It may take a little 
longer to form a lawn but when once obtained, it will 
be found to be well worth waiting for, as the blue glass 
will stand our hot dry summers without sustaining any 
injury, and moreover it will thrive in almost any 
soil and situation. Some, however, are very partial 
to the delicious fragrance which the sweet scented 
vernal grass, Anthoxanthum odoratum, imparts to 
a newly mown lawn. If so, a little seed of this can be 
added. 
In sowing now lawns, do not stint the quantity of 
seed. Four or fivo bushels to an acre is none too much; 
and if the sweet vernal is desired add two or three 
pounds to the above, thoroughly mixing it. 
In forming new lawns it is advisable to lay sods along 
the margins of the walks, and also on steep banks in 
order to prevent heavy rains from wasliing away the 
soil. Any clean sod can be used for this purpose. 
In seasons of severe drought some resort to watering, 
but unless one has the proper facilities for doing it 
thoroughly it had better not be attempted. In such 
cases mow as little as possible. If, however, the ground 
has been properly prepared, and the whole treated as 
above advised, no danger from drought need be appre¬ 
hended. Chas. E. Parnell. 
SCABIOSA CAUCASICA. 
hardy plants that are quite restricted as to numbers. - ' It 
is the hardiest and most useful of the perennial species, 
