LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 November 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

When it u desired to ioria a lawn, tiie ground should bo trenched as directed for the vegetable garden «ny time during the autumn. If the j»iot can be prepared in March, a suadon nay be gained by Bowing the .jrias seed during that month; the Kurtwmust be thoroughly pulverispH .aid trodden down firmly. The folinn.iiig is a good mixture, if procurable.— Crestfl Dog-tail, 2)Ge; tenuioiia. 41bs; Fe»ui.ca duruscula, 21bs > LoJium tenuifolLa pereune, 201ba; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor. Bibs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens 41bs of eacE. This mixture will - office for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, Bnd if kept cut olosf answers most sods. Special mixta for laying down lawns may nl&o bo naii from any beedsimid. tsome of oui uaiire poas and other grasses irtjiM a'lniiralily lor !awn purposes, •i the- is oi a retentive nafcitf, ..unrig the seeds .sJiould do deferred lil uf4=ist,. Commence to cut as »oon •.« tho machine will act. Some t:eer the 3cytlie tor the tir.st tune j 1 it'..dr. Koll pifVioiis to m«j iv i" a, this will save the knives oi the iuowj.tiEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN AORB. tlarley, 2* to 21 bushels; beans, 2 to 2} bushels; buckwheat, or blank, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; oiyrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, eo 17 lbs; Puree or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 : bs; do. for single-line fencing, to bow one fllilp, 3 to i lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 ; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 2i bushels; linseed, for seed, IJ tmshsLs, luperne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtael, 5 lbs; oate, 3to 4 bushilp; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or oole, I p<t; rye, 2} to 8 bushels; rye gra«s lif drilled, one-fourth lees), X to 8J V*»bels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bnshels; tar«j», winter, 9} bushels; do., spring, 3 to 2J bushnls; trifoliam incarnatarn, 31 lbs; turnip, 8 to * lbs; turnip Btnbbl« i lbt; vrbeat. 21 to bnnhfJ«