LAYING DOWN A LAWN

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 June 1915, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN

Wffen it is deeired to form a lawn, 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:— Crested Dog-tail, 21Bs; Festuca fcenuifolia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Lolium tenuifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens 41bs of eacß. This mixture will "uffice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and iT kept cul close answers most soils. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may also be nad from any: seedsman. Some of our native poas and otKer 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 arefer the scythe for the first time of cutting. Roll previous to mowing; this will save the knives ot the mower.