LAYING DOWN A LAWN

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 October 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN

When it is dosirtxl to form * The ground should be «« directed for the vegotaoie gurduii ».uy time during the autumn. If the ;>)ot cai be prepared in March, a suaion nay be gained by aowiag the .irxas s«ed during that inoath; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised ..nd trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, it procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21 Us; Fep+uca teauifolia, 41bs; Festuca duru'scula, 2lbs; Lolium teuuitolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens 41bs of eacß. Thia mixture will >uffice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept cut close answers most soJe. Special Giixt'.i.ea for laying down lawns may p)so bo /iad from any seedsman. Some of jui native peas and other grusses wo j id answer Admirably tor lawn purpo.vja. If the ground is ot a retentive nature, sowing the soods should do deferred til 1 August. Commence to cut as uoon as tho machine will act. Some j-e----fer tho scythe for the first time j' cjtiing. 801 l previous to muwi-ig. this will save the knives ot the luon y SEEDS REQUIRED iO SOW * \ ACRE.

Uarley, 2* to S| bualu'ls; bcarj?, 2 to 24 bushels; buckwheat, or bittnk, !{ bushels; cabbago idruoJiead), to traruv plant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; o-.'rot id driUs, 8 to 12 Jbs; clover, I. to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 Is, do. for single-lino fencing, to sow oh© mile, 3to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turjijirootod cabbage), to transplant, 1 lp; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 2f bushels; linseed, for seed, 1) bush#!*, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangild wurtjicl, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bush-jlfi; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, i p*t; rye, 2| to 8 bushels; ry« grau {it drilled, one-fourth lees), 2 to >1 liibela; nainfoiu, giant, 5 bushels; tAr-v, winter, Si bushels; do., spring, 9 to 2J bushels; trifoJiutu incsrnatam, 34 lb»; turnip, S to 8 lbs; turnip stsbbln. 4 lb»; wheat. 21 to 3} bushels