The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-05-10
Interesting to Professionals and
Amateurs.
ROLL YOUR LAWNS.

Interesting to Professionals and
Amateurs.
ROLL YOUR LAWNS.
At least twice a week the roller
should at this season Of the year be
passed over the lawn, and newly
seeded laws are better to have the
roller over them every day. Every
pressure assists in aid of the tiller-
ing or making of new roots, aud so
the thiekeniDg Of the turf
SHORTEN IN TIE CLIMBERS.
Such climbing plants as the Prai-
rie Rose, Chinese Wistaria, monthly
sweet scented Honeysuckle, and
other strong growing climbers are
much better, and more abundant in
their bloom, if at this time their
lateral or side branches are shorten
ed in from two feet or more back to
eight inches.
QUANTITY AND PROPORTIONS OF SEED
RoR LAWN SOWING.
The best Landscape Gardners,v viz: {:
Loudon, Downing, and (ourself) ad-
wise six bushels of mixed seed to
the acre. The proportions should
be about as follows: Two bushels of
blue. grass, one bushel of red top, ten
pounds of creeping bent, and ten
pounds of white clover.
A NEW FLEXIBLE WHIFFLETREE.
In the editorial of the american
R1raI Home, a whifietree under the
name Of Greenman's Flexible, is
spoken of as exceedingly valuable
in plowing among trees, &c. We
have no knowledge as yet of it, but
hope soon to have one, and will then
tell our readers what we think of it.
CUT DOWN YOUR HARDY PERPETUAL
ROSES.
The sooner you cut away the tops
Of your hardy perpetual roses dow1
to within four or six inches of the
ground the better. It is true yoU
will not get as early bloom as yol
would If they were left full length
but the bloom will be better, and i
will be longer continued. Don't b,
afraid to cut.
DON'T BE IN A HURRY TO PLANT on,
TENDER PLANTS.
Every year hundreds and thou
sands of plants are lost and the plan
ters, almost discouraged, because
the seller says, when they buy, "Yor
can plant them right out, it's al
warm" &C., &c. It's all nonsens
to plant any half hardy plant liki
Geraniums, &c, &C., before the 15tI
Of May, in any section of Northern
Ohio.
SOIL FOR LILIES.
Don't neglect to make the soil 70
Lilies deep, deep-say two feet, anC
in its component either a larg
amount of well rotten barn-yar,
manure, or fresh, rich loamy sol
Lilies in deep, rich soil, will gro7
five to seven feet high, and Civ
from seven to fifteen flowers on
stalk, while in shallow soil they vii
only reach two and half feet higt
and give three to five flowers on
stalk.
A NEW EVERBEARING sTRAwBERR,
In the French journal, Illustrate
HOrticole, record is made of ne,
perpetual strawberry, produced b
NJ. Mobile, from a cross of Chill an
Victoria, that gives fruit as large g
the largest, and continuously pc.
petual. The thing is possible, br
we look upon this record as Of valu
with nearly every French record
very impulsively enthusiastic, an
doubtful Of permanent reliability.
ROLLING GROUND.
Its an acknowledged fact that
heavy roller passed over a wheat o
grass field at this season of the yea
is worth almost, as muce, if not NOR
than a top dressing of manure.
congresses the young rootlets ant
earth in such a manner as to caus
the crown of the plant to receiv
new Vigor, and from. that renewet
vigor to send out its offshoots ant
so create three to five plants Whel
without such pressure but the on
crown root would have exerted.
ToPDREssING OF OLD LAWNS.
Don't neglect at this time to SON
at the rate of ten bushels to the acre
Of bone meal half bushel of plas
ter and two bushels of salt ovel
your old lawns. If they have re
ceived during the past winter a top
dressing of manure you will find thi:
sowing of special maaures a greaf
aid and assistant while on lawns not
during the winter oppressed, sons
such dressing as We now note is al
most necessarily requisite to secure 8
good green turf during the coming
season.