LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 September 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

When it 19 desired to toim a Ihau, j the ground should trenohvxi tw j directed for the vegetable gardeu »y i time during the autumn. li the j>iut can Lb prepared in March, a soaion aay be- gained by sowing the L y.wu seed during that month; the surface mußt be thoroughly pulvorised ..D<l trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 2115i5; Fee+uca temii--folia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 2lbs, Lolium tenuifolia perenne, 2U1'.)8, White clover ,21bs; Trifoliuui itno.ir. 81bs; Poa Neuioralis and Semperri.-i'iiy 41bs of eacb. Thin mixture will ulfice for hall an awe, au<l Bill fortu a very good lawn, and il kept cut close answers most soils. Special nnxt'i '•» for laying down lawns may »lso to nad from any seedsman. (Some of oui native poas and other grasses wo ill answer admirably lor lawn purpo.iye. [f thG ground is of a retentive natjre, sowing the seeds should De deferred til 1 August. Commence to cut as <soon as the machine will act. Some srefer the scythe for the first time of cutting. .Roll previous to mowing; this will save the knives ot the raovvjr. siKEDS REQUIRED TO SOW a S ACRE. iJarley, 2* to IJ buohtls; beans, 2to 2J bushels; buckwheat, or btuuk, 11 bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; p-.Tot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1. uo 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to-24 Ls, " do. for singie-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 16. do., drilled, 4 lbs, linseed, for flax, 2i bushels; linseed, for seed, 1) busb.Vjs, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drill»<i, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oata, 3 to 4 bushel?; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, i pit; rye, 2} to 8 bushels; ry» grass ul trilled, one-fourth lets), 2 to Si (.Israels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, »inter, 2i bushels; do., spring, 3 to bushels; trifohu.ui incarnatuui, 24 bs; turnip, 2 to 3 Jb&; turnip atnb'olo. i lbs; wb<»at. 21 to i J cnahel*