LAVING DOWN A LAWN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 May 1915, Page 4

LAVING DOWN A LAWN.

Wfieri it is desired to form a lawn, the ground should he trenched as direeled for tlio vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot

can be prepared in March, a season n:ay be gained by sowing the grass seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised and trodden down firmly. The following is ,1 good mixture, it procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21b"s; Festuca tenuifolia, libs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; lioliiun tenuitolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs: Trifolium minor, Bibs : I'oa Xemoralis and Setnpervirens

libs of eadi. This mixture will "uffice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept cut close answers most soils. Special mixtures for laving down lawns may also be nad troin any seedsman. Some of our native poas and otlier grasses would answer admirably lor lawn purposes. It tiie ground is of a retentive nature, sowing the seeds should bo deferred till August. Commence to cut as soon as the machine will act. Some Drefer the scythe for tlie first time of cutting. Roll previous to mowing; this will save the knives ot the mower."