LAYING DOWN A LAWN

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 July 1915, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN

When 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 tho plot can bo prepared in March, a season iray be gained by sowing the grass seed during that month; the surface must he thoroughly pulverised and trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 2lUs; Kostuca tenuiFolia. 41bs; Ifestuca duruscula, 21bs; Lolium tenuifolia perenne, 201 bs; White clover .2!bs; Trifoliurn minor, 81bs; Poa Nemoralis and Sompervireus •libs of eacTi. This mixture will "iiflice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept cut close answers most soils. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may also bo nad from any seedsman. Some of our native poas and other grasses would answer admirably lor 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 irefer the scythe for tho first time of cutting. Roll previous to mowing; this will save tho knives of the mower.