LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 September 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

When it ib desired to f'jrir a lit '. :i. the ground aLiouIJ be tr»uichcd duecitju lor t!io vogutauiu garden e.ii} tmio during the autumn. If the ;>iut ca>i be prepared iu March, a season a-ay be gained by aowiDg the seed during that month; tho surface must be thoroughly pulverised «.nd trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21175; Feet'-jca tcnuifolia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Lolium teuuifolia perenne, 201 js ; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, dibs; Poa Nemoralia aad Sempervireus libs of each. This mixture will >uftice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept cut close answers most sods. Special niixtu-es I ror laying down laivns may i'lso to nad iroin any soedsniaa. ftotiio of oui uativo poas and other grasses wo lid ' <uiswer B'imirably lor lawn purposya. r if the- ground is o: a retentive natjre, . sowing the seeds should do deferred til' August. Commence to cut as »our. as the machine will act. Sumo •>.-«• ;er the scythe for the first timo . .it/w.ng. ftuli pm-icus to mu>ii':g i his will save tho knives ui the mon\>i h SEKDcS iiEQL'IRED TO SOW a \ ACJRE. iSarley, 2> to ?J bushels; btvaws, 2 Ui ;J bushels; biM-.kßiuat, or blank, 1J •iiishels; cabbago ulrui. head), to transplant, 1 lb; eanarj, :j pkgs; o-vrot i:. ■IriUs, Bto 12 Ios; clover, L~ *o 17 lbs, -■ urze or gorso, for feed, 20 to 24 Ls, ii'>. for single-line fencing, to sow one nile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rnbi (turnip ooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb, Jo., drilled, 4 lbs, linseod, for flux, 2{ rjusheis; linseed, for (seed, 1J busn.V.« , ucerno, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, ,15 lbs; mustard, whito, 1 pkt.; mangold vurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bush .*!«>; larsnip, 10 lbs; 'rape or cole, i p<t; ye, 2J to 8 bushels; ryo grass lii ;nii.ed, one-fourth lets),. 2 to 2$ els; usiiifoin, giant, 5 bushels; tar**®, ■ciiitor, Si bushels; do., spring, 8 to .'J bu&heis; trifolm;*. mcarntuum, 3* his, turnip, 2 to 8 lbs; turnip stabhl*. ( Iba; wheat- 2i to oti*h6!i