LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 September 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

When it is duaired to form a in//:! the ground should be tronchod diroctod for the vegetable gardeu ru} time during tlie autumn. li the ;'lol •ja'j L'u prepaied in March, a season uay b© gained by sowing the seod during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised iJid trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 215b; fc'ep+uca tenuifolia, 41bs; P'estuca duruscula, 21b9; LoJium teuuiiolia perenne, 201 ba, White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, ■jibs; Poa Neinoralis and SempervirMis Übs of each. This mixture will >uftice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept cut close answers most soils. Special mixta es •or laying down lawns may Mso Le .'.>.ud trom any seedsman. teutne of oui native poas arid other grasses fcoil'i answer B'iuiirably lor lawn purpo»«B. .1 tlic- ground is o: a retentive natjie, ■iowing the seeds should tie deferred til' vugust. Commence to cut. as noon is the machine will act. Some jre--i liie scvilie lor the hrst time j 1 :t'..llg. Uoll [111-ViCllb to UKi'VI :g «io will >ave tho knives oi Hit) iuo# n •sKEDri H KQL"] RED :u SOW -A \ ilPJfi. Uarlcy, 2 1 t<i 2J bii«h<'ltj, bea:.«, 2 !<• i bushels; t)<:<-kv. iicut, or biuuk, l( .Übhois; cabbage \druii.hcK<l), to Wiif iluni, 1 lb, far.rfry, 3 pkgs; c>".rot is rills. S i-i> 12 lu<s ; clover, 1. «o 17 lbs, uize or gor.se, lor feed, 20 U; 21 b» , t'». for singie-line tencing, to sow one nile, 3to 4 lbs; kohl rnbi (turnip cK>ted cabbage), to transplant, 1 ib, •0., drilled, 4 lbs, iiu&eed, for flax, 2( junhels; hnsee>~{, for seed, 1 } buatiVji, ucerae, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, .5 lbs; mustard, whito, 1 pkt; luangold vurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bush-Hp; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, i pit, ye, 24 to 8 bushels; rys grass ill irilied, one-fourth lees), 2 to 2i •els; sainfoin, giant, 6 bushels; tar-i« ; viiiter, 2} bushels; do., epring, 2 to <!J bushsls; trifoliua; mcarusiuai, >4 bs; turnip, 2 to 3 lbs; turnip stabhlo. ( Ibi; wheat- ifi to 2) coah*!*