LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 November 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

When it is desired to for in a la JFn, 'lie ground should be trenched afi directed for tho vegotaDle garden tuj time during the autumn. If the ;»iot can La prepared in March, a season nay be gained by sowing the seed during that month; the surf ice must be thoroughly pulveri&fwl <jul trodden down firmly. The folun.ing n go\«d mixture, if procurable.— Crusted Dog-tail. 2155; b'es+uca teouilohtt. Festuca duruscula, 2lbs : Lo'intii temnfolia perenno, 201 ba, White clover ,21!js; Trifolium minor, Slbs; Poa Xemoralie and Semperrirt'tis ■libs of encfi. This mixture will office for half an acre, and will form r very good lawn, and if kept out cloae answers* most eoJs. Special mixt'J-<«r> for laying down lawns may also b« /'ltd from any seedsman. aorne of oui native poajj aud other grasses wo lid answer admirably lor lawn purpo.>y«. I if thG gronnd is of a retentive nataro, ( sowing the deeds should oe deferred t-i 1 1 August. Commence to cut as .soon as tho machine will act. Some jreler the scythe for the first time u f cjti.ng. Roll previous to mowi-ig; ibis will save the knivea ot the motfjr SiEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. riarley, 2 A to 2| bushels; beano, 3to 2J bushels; buckwheat, or blank, IJ bushels; cabbage'(drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; o»_-rot in ' drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, I * to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 be; do. for single-line fencing, to sow ono mile, Bto 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lo; ilo., drilled, 4 lbs.; linsesd, for flax, S£ buphels; linseed, for seed, 1| bushals, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtsel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to i bush-flf; parsnip, 10 lbs-; rape or cole, I pit; rye, 2J to 8 bushels; rye grans iif drilled, one-fourth leen), 3 to.Sj bels; sainfoin, giant, 6 bushels; winter, 2J bushels; do., ipring, 2 to 2J bushels; trifoliata mcarnatum, S4 lli«; turnip, S w < lbs; turnip utabblsv < lbi; wheat- 2J to 2t hnnhHs