LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 July 1915, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

When it is desired to form a la.vn, the ground should 'he trenched aa directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a season iuay be gained by sowing the griss seed during that mouth; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised and trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, it procurable:— Cresti"? Dog-tail. 2117k ; Kcstuca tenuifolia. -libs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs, Lolium tenuiiolia purenue, 'iOlbs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Nenioralis and Sempervirons 4lbs of eacli. This mixture will 'tiftice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and iT kept cut close answers most soiln. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may also be nad Irom any seedsman. iSoini. , of jur native poas and other grasses would answer admirably lor lawn purposes. II the.ground is of a retentive nat.iro, sowing the seeds should be deferred till August. Commence lo cut as t>ooll as the machine will act. Some irefer the scythe for the lirst-time of cutting. Roll previous to mowing; this will save the knives oi the inoiver.