LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 October 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

When it 18 desired to form a Iu* t o, the ground should be directed lor the vegotatile garden my tjmo during the auiumn. if the j>iot can be prepared ia AJturch, a season ( tt-ay be gained by sowing the ,*rußß seed during that month; the surfjee must be thoroughly pulverisod ..nd trodden dolfn firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21Ee; Fes+nca tenuifolia, 41 bs; Fentuca duruscula, 2lbs; Lolium tenuifolia pereune, 201 js ; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Kemoialis aad Sempervirens 41bs of each. This mixture will 'iiftice tor hall an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept cut close answers most soils. Special uiixtu.es I fur laying down lawns may »Ibo bo nad from any seedsman. iaome of oui native poas and other grasses wo lid answer admirably lor lawn purposes. If the ground is oi a retentive uat.:te, sowing the 6oeds should tie deferred til' August. Commence to cut. as wui, as tho machine will act. Some jroler the scythe for the br.st time j< c.it'.jng. Roll previous to Ir.tf.vnl4 1 Ins wili save the knives ot ihe niv*/>1 SEEM u::yriRED to 30w ACRE. uarley, 2* to 21 buohels, beats, 2 to 21 bushels; buckwheat, or blank, 1J bushels; cabbago (drumhead), to plant, 1 lb; caiu-.iy, 3 pkgs; r-.-rot !i drills, 8 to 12 Ibd; clover, 1. oo 17 lbs, furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 21 bs, 1 do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl r;ibi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs, liuseed, for flax, 21 binsheis; linseed, for se«l, 11 buah.ilA, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkb; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushel? , parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, i pit, rye, 2} to 8 bushels; rye grate til drilled, one-fonrth lees), 2 to 24 >.s». bels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; winter, sushels; do., spring, 2 to 21 bushels; trifoliate inoarnatum, 24 lbs; turnip, 2 to S lbs; tin-nip atabbln. ! lbs; whpat- Si to 31 fcushei* | I |