LAYING DOWN A LAWN

Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 October 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN

When it is duaired to form a tho ground should be trwichinl M direcuxl lor tne vegotaQle garden r.uy time during the autumn. If tho j'lot cau ba prepared ia March, a suaion iray be gained by sowing the tSrass seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised *.nd trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 211)8; Fcetuca tenuifolia, 41bs; Featuca duruscula, Slbs; LoJium teuuifolia pereune, 201 ba; White clover ,21b6; Trifolium minor, Slbs; l*oa Xemoralis und Sempervirens iibs of each. This mixture will tico lor half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept out close answers most so.ie. Special mixtu.es for laying down lawns may flao be nad from any seedsman. fcjome of cur native poas and othvr grasses wolid answer admirably tor iawn purposes, ii the ground ia o: a retentive nat-ire, sowing the seeds should do deferred til' August. Commence to cut as »oon as tho maohino will act. Some ureter the scythe for Uio first time o 1 catting. Roll previous t-o inowi'ig, tins wili save the knives oi tho mon'.jt SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW A\ ACRE. tJarley, 21 to 21 bushels j beans, 2 to bushels; buckwheat, or blank, 1} bushels; cabbage to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; o-.rot it» drills, 8 to 12 Ibu; clover, 1. «) 17 lbs; furze or gorso, for feed, 20 to 24 bs; d«. for single-lino tencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 2} bushels; linseed, for seed, 1} bashs!*, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtscl, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bustulp; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pit; rye, 2} to S bushels; rye grata (if drilled, one-fourth letw), 2 to Si bels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tare*, winter, 2} bushels; do., spring, 9 to 2} bushels; trifoliaci incarnstam, 24 lbs; turnip, 2 to 8 lbs: turnip itabfalo. 4 lb»; SI to 2| ou&heU