LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 November 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

When it is desired to lor in a lawn, fhe ground should b© trenched as lirected for the vegetable garden «.ny time during the autumn. II the J»lot <!8i be prepared in March, a season a-ay be gained by sowing the seed during that month; tlie surfjoe must be thoroughly pulverised .aid trodden down firmly. The folWuag is a good mixture, if procurable.— Crested Dog-tail, 21Fs; Fee+uca tenai- \ folia, 41bs; Featuca duruscula, 2lbs; LoJiura tenuifolia perenne, 201Vs; ] White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, ilbs; Poa Neinoralie and Soinpervirenß libs 'of each. This mixture will office for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and it kept cut close answers most sods. Special mixtu.es for laying down lawns may *lso bd dad from any seeds man. Some of our native poas and other grasses woild answer admirably for lawn purposes, if thG ground is of a retentive nature, sowing the seeds should Do deferred t-il August. Commence to cut as (soon fer the scythe for the first time jf c Jtl.ng. Roll previous to mowing; ifiis wiii save the knivw 01 the raoivor SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW aN ACRE. tlarley, 2* to 3| bushels; beans, 3 to 2J bushels; buckwheat, or biank, 1} bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; o*jrot in drills, 8 tq 12 lba; clover, L., to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 : bs; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 8 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb: do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, Si bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J buahals, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bufchalp; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 p*t; rye, 2J to 8 bushels; ry» grau lif drilled, one-fourth l«eo), S to 81 V«sfccls; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 2 J bushels; do., spring, 3 to 3} bushels; trifoliaui incarnatam, 24 lbs; turnip, 1 io 8 lbs; turnip itabtilft. < lb«; wheat. 2$ to 3} bnshela*