LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 October 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

When it is deeirod to form a l»*u, the ground should be tr«;nchod as directed for the vogotaDle garden r.uy time during the autumn. If tho j'iot can be prepared in March, a season nay be gained by sowing the seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised .aid trodden down firmly. Tho following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21Fs; Festuca tenaifolia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Lolium tenuifolia psrenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolinm minor, 81bs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens libs of each. This mixture will suffice for half an acre, and will fonn a very good lawn, and if kept cut close answem most soils. Special mixtu.es for laying down lawns may »lso bo <?ad from any seedsman. Home of oui native poas and other grasses wo'ild answer admirably tor lawn purpo<<<jS. if tho ground is of a retentive nature-, sowing the seeds should De deferred til. 1 August. Commence to cut as soon as tho machine will act. Some »reler "the scythe for the lirst time o! catting. JRoll previous to woai'ig, ilns will save the knives oi the mo<vjr *>EEDS REQUIRED TO SOW aS ACRE. tiarley, 2* to TJ bushels; beans, 2 to 2J bushels; buckwheat, or biank, U bushels; cabbago idrumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; o-vrot in drills, 8 to 12 lba; clovor, 1. co 17 lbs; furie or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 'bs; do. for single-line fencing, to stow one mile, 8 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; [ do., drilled, 4 lbs; linsead, for flax, 2} bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J bushs!s, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 16 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurteel, 5 lbs; oats, 3to 4 bushelp; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, i p*t; rye, 2} to 8 bushels; rj« grau uf drilled, one-fourth lees), 2 to 2| taa eels; sainfoin, giant, 6 bushels; tare*, winter, 8} bushels; do., spring, S to 2| bushels; trifolia.m incarnatam, >4 lbs; turnip, 8 to 8 lbs; turnip stabbla. 1 lb* ; wheat- 2i to anshela.