LADING DOWN A LAWN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 June 1915, Page 4

LADING DOWN A LAWN.

Wffen it is desired to form a la.vn, the ground should be trenched as directed for the 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 a good mixture, if procurable:— Crestt"! Dog-tail, 21Us;, Festuca tenuii'olia, -libs; Festuca duruecula, 21bs; Loliuni teuuii'olia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Neinoralis* and Sempervirens 41bs of eacTi. This mixture will "uftice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and IT kept cut close answers most soils. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may also be nad from any seedsman. Some 'of our, native poas and other grasses would answer admirably for lawn purposes. If the ground is of a retentive nature, sowing the seeds should be deferred till August. Commence to cut as soon as the machine will act. Some fer the scythe for the. first time of cutting. . Roll previous to mowing; this will save the knives ot the mower.