LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 31 August 1915, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

When it is desired to form a lawn, the ground should he trenched aa directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can bo prepared in March, a season n:ay be gained by sowing the grass seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised .ind trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Creste'l Dog-tail. 21bls; Festuca tenuiFolia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Lolitim teuuifolia perenne, 201bs; While clover ,21 bs; Trifolium minor, Slbs; Poa Nenioralis and Sempervirens libs of oacfi. This mixture will "'uflice 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 be nad from any seedsman. Home of our native poas and other grasses would answer admirably tor lawn purposes, li the ground is of a retentive nature, sowing the seeds should be deferred till August. Commence to cut as soon as tlie machine will act. Some -jrel'er the scythe for the first time of cutting. Koll previous to mowing; this will save the knives ot the mower. TWICLVE O'CLOCK AT NOON \ r Z. MEAN TIME. As compared with— Adelaide 10 0 a.m. Aden 3 81 a.m. Alexandria 2 28 n.m, Amsterdam 0 50 a.m. Berlin 1 23 am. Berne .. 1 0 a.m. Bombay 5 21 a.m. Boston 7 46 p in. BrindLsi 1 42 am. Brisbane 10 30 a in. Brussels 6 24 im. WlTwmiMMmM*saJH»JEßiwigx