LAYING DOWN A LAWN

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 November 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN

When it is desired to l.:rui a Uvn 'Ist* grcimd should be tr«>nchcd a* litected for Ibe vegctaoie garden ?dj time during the autumn. If the r»iui can be prepaid) in March, a soason "i By be gained by sowing the .yms seed during tiiat tuoath ; tho surf**::mst bo thoroughly pulverised did irodden down firmly. The foll«>»r.flK :.s a good mixture, it procurable.— Crested Dog-tail, 21 Us; t'es+uca tenuifolia, 4lbs; Featuca duruscula, 2lbs; Loliuui touuifolia perenne, 201 ba; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, ■illis; Poa Nemoralis and SemperFirens libs of each. This mixture will • af&co for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept cut closu answers most soJs. Special mixta «*• ror laying down lawns uiay »lso bo jiai! (roai any seedsman. tiome of jui uative poas and otiier grasses wo lid answer admirably tor lawn purposes, it the ground is of a retentive natire, sowing the seeds should do deferred til August. Commence to out as soon .is tho machine will act. Some jreier the scythe for the lirst time j' catling. Roll previous Ui niowr:t£ ' "his wili save the knives ot tho ijria'j? SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW ,iV ACRE. ilarley, 2* to 2| bushels; beans, 2 to 2 J bushels; buckwheat, or blank, lj bushels; cabbage (druiiihead), to t'.anc" plant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; o-vrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, co 17 Jbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 Ls; do. for single-line teucing, to'sow'one aiile, 3to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb: do., drilled, 4 lbs, linseed, for flax, 2$ bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J bushals, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, whito, 1 pkt; mangoklwurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushel*; parsnip. lCf lbs; rape or oole, i pit; rye, 21 to 3 bushels; ry# grtu lif drilled, one-fourth lees), 2 to Si Vsb"cls, sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tare*, winter, 2) bushels; do., spring, S to 2} bu&hsls; trifoliaoi incarnatum, 14 tunjip, 2 to * lbs; turnip atibfel*, I!n wheat- 2i to if bushels.