LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 October 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

When it ib desired to form a lu an, the ground should be tr«nch«*J as diroeted for the vegotable garden :.uy time during the autumn. If the ;»iot can be prepared iu March, a season a;ay be gamed by sowing the ,jr:iss seed during'that month; the surfioe must .be thoroughly pulverised <aid trodden down firmij. 'pie following is "a good mixture, if procurable:— Created 1 Dog-tail, 211)8; Feet'-ica tenaifolia, 41 bs; Fe«tuca duruscula, 21bs; Lolium' tenuifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81be ; Poa Neuaoralifi and Sempervirens 41bs of each. This mixture will •»office for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept out close answers most sods. Special mixtu es for laying down lawns may »lso bo Aad from any seedsman. Some of <jnr native poas and other grasses wu ild answer admirably tor lawn purpo.-jon. If the ground is oi a retentive nutate, sowing the fioeds should ue deferred til 1 August. Co mine lice to cut as uuon as the machine will act. Some itv for the scythe for the lirsi time y catling. Roll previous to nio.vr.g Uiis will save the knivws ot tin* ruo<v )i SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW aN ACRE. Parley, 2* to Z1 bushels; beats, 2 to 2} bushels; buckwheat, or blank, 11 bushels; cabbage Icirun.bead), to tran» plant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; o-vrot »• drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1„ uo 17 Jbs, furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 21 bs, do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3to 4 lbs; kohl rabi. (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 Ib; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 2) bushels; linseed, for seed, 1} busha!*, luoerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oata, 3to 4 bush.alp; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or oole, 1 prtj rye, 2$ to 8 bushels; rys grau ul iriUeti, one-fourth lees), 2 to 2J W»bela; sainfoin, giant, 6 bushel's; tares, winter, 1} bushels; do., sprinz, I to 2| b'ush«ls; trifoliaui incarsatnm, 14 lb*; turnip, 1 to B lbs; inralp stabble. ( lbs; wlest. 2j to 1) bushels.