LAYING DOWN A LAWN

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 June 1915, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN

Wlfen it is desired to form a lawn, the ground should bo trenched as directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March; a season it:ay bfe gained by sowing the grass seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised «xnd trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crcste'l Dog-tail, 21Es; Festuca tenuifolia, 41 bs; Festuca diiruscula, 21bs; Lolium tenuifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens 41bs of eacTi. This mixture will ~uffice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and TF 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 prefer the scythe for the /first time of cutting. Roll previous to mowing; this will save the knives ot the mower.