LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 December 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

When it is desirod to for tn a lavn, the ground should be trenched aa directed for the vegetable garden cny time during the a-itumn. If the ;*lot can be prep&ied in March, a season ir ay be gained by sowing the seed during that month; the surf-ico must be thoroughly pulverise'! ..n<l trodden down firmly. The is a good mixture, if procurable.— Crested Dog-tail, 21Fs; Feet-uca tenuiFolia, 41bs; Festuca duruscnla, 21bs; Loliurn tenuifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempcrvir&nß 41bs of each. This mixture will ">uffice for half an acre, and will form a" very good lawn, and if kept cut close answers most soils. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may *lso be iiad from any seedsman Home of oar native poas and other grasses woild answer admirably for lawn purposes. If thG ground is of a retentive natare, sowing the seeds should be deferred til. 1 August. Commence to cut as soon as tho maohino will act. Some »rel'er the scythe for the first time ,of catting. Roll previous to mowing; this will save the knivee ot the mo»var. dEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN AORS. tiarley, 21 to Z| bushels; beans, St to "t bushels; buckwheat, or blank, li bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, *, to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 84 : ba; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb: do., drilled, 4 lbß, linseed, for flax, 2i bushels; linseed, for seod, 1J bushsls, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; feats, S to 4 bush dip; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, I pit; rye, 21 to 8 bushels; rya grais lif drilled, one-fourth lees), 2 to Si bels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; iare«, winter, 2} bushels; do., spring, S to 2) buohals; trifolium incaruatnm, 84 Ib«; turnip, i to * lbs; turnip 4 lbs; wheat. 8J to 9} bushel*