LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 October 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

When it is ilooixeJ to foiui a Ihau, the ground should be .trenchod as directed for the vegcUiOle gardea r.uy time during the autumn- If the <>i«t can ba prepared in Alarch, a soaion may be "gained by sowing the .jtass 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, 21Fs; Feat-sea tenaifolia, 41bs; Festuca durusoula, 21bs; Lolium tenuifolia perenne, SOlba; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium miDor, 81bs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirenß libs of each. This mixture will suffice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept out close answer* most sods. Special mixtu.es for laying down lawns may »lso bo nad Iroui any seedsman. Some of our natire poms and other grasses woild answer admirably tor lawn purposes. If the ground is of a ruteutive nature, tiuwiug the seeds should oe deferred til' August. Commence Co cut as ->oun at> the machine will act. Some jret>i the sc.) the for the lirst titae j 1 lioll previous to rnoivhg. . I<is will save the kuiv<« ot tlie ukuvji dEEDS REQL'IRED TO SOW aN ACRE. rlarley, 2* to tj bnohels; beans, 2to .2} bushels; buckwheat, or blank, ij bushels; cabbago idruu.head), to trail* plaut, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; c.-rot id idrills, B.to 12 Ids; clover, to 17 Jbs; furie or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 bs; ;do. for single-line teucing, to sow one mile, 3to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to ..transplant, 1 lb'; do., drilled, ,4 lbs,-linseed, for lax, bushels; linseed, for .seed, ; 11 bushals, lucerne, broadcast, 20 1^8; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white,.,l„p,kt; mangold .wurtzel, 5 lbs; oaje, 3to 4 bush-sic; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or ,oqle, i^pwct, rye, 2J to 9 bushels; rya grass ul drilled, one-foorth lees), 2 to Si bels; sainfoin, giant, 6 bushels; tare*, winter, SJ bushels; do., spring, I to 2i bunhtls; trifoliuci incarnatnm, 14 lbs; turnip, S to 8 lbs; tnrmp stabbl*. I I lbs; wheat. Si to Si bushel*