Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-07-03
Kancaster .9ntetligenecr.
lmPkOvira Lawns.
Lava mowers and what They Du
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snws mowsvs ana what They Do.
0ermcntcwn Telegraph.
Since the introduction OF the lawn
mower, tho appearance Of our lawns
about residences in the vicinity Of large
oitics have become q subject OF general
remark among European travellers, who
frequently speak OF them in their CORES
pondenoe In very warm terms Of praise I;
while Americans who formerly visited
England were equally warm In their
praise when referring to the deep green,
soft, velvety appearance of the English
lawns, and wondering why It was that We
could not have tho same. While, OWING
TO tho moist atmosphere, we may never
quito equal the lawns Of England, yet We
cAn approach them 30 nearly that the uii
ference 10 scarcely noticeable, except oy
thorough gardeners. The introduction OF
these light and rather cheap lawn mowers
has. however, becomes so general that
cverv body with plot of grass becomes
fascinated with the opportunity OF keeping
Il In the best possible manner and little
mower Ii ut once purchased and this
beautiful addition to the homestead II
secured. A handsome lawn, however
small, In the beauty-spo Of any homestead
but it should never be allowed to be detiled
by shrubbery, trees, bushes or vines OF
any kind. A single bed Of the choicest
flowers, such as hyacinths, tulips, pansies,
or when the beds are large, Of begonias,
coleus. eto, attracts the attention and
calls forth the admiration of the passers by &.
To keep lawn in the best condition, it
should DO clipped in moist weather every
ten or twelve days; but in dry spells
every fifteen or eighteen days, no matter
whether it appears to need clipping or not,
as II will have tendency TO maintain o
compact, even sod.
Ferti,isiog of Lawns.
We have more than once heretofore 10.
ferred to the subject Of manuring or fertil-
izing lawns, and endeavored to impress
upon our readers the hurtfulncss Of stable
manure, cast in Jumps thickly over the
lawn, especially in the autumn, aud allow.
cd to remain through the winter; also that
as q rule lawns required very little manure
at all, and We instauced q perfect plot
which, until two springs ago, had nothing
applied to it as n manure or fertilizer for
eight yedrs! We don't say that this is to
be recommended generally, but We are
very decidedly of the opinion that slight
dressing of bone phosphate or pure guano
every other spring is all that is needed to
secure first class lawn. After the lawn
referred to had no stimulant for eight
years, the application of about three hun
dred pounds Of "solule bone phosphate"
to about three fourths of an acre, restored
it completely, and it is to-day in excellent
condition. The cost was about one cent a
pound. and we are quite sure that the same
effect could not have produced by ten
dollars worth OF stable munure. Besides,
there were no Jumps, and no alternate ba:e
places and rank grass, "a is usually the res
suit of stable .manuriug. We noticed last
fall the running OF a number of laws by
enormous dressings of barnyard manure
which, lying all-g!nter, came out las
spring iH-ths worst possible condition
How this can be overlooked by the owner
ifeveD the gardener is too stupid to know
better, We cannot imagine Added to thi
is also the fact that we have, over and owe
again, warned them against the practice.
MANY medicines now on the market ow
what virtue they possess TO tho presence O
powerful and poisonous drugs. HUNTS thid
ney and Liver) REMEDY Is purely vegetable
and will not iniure the ieeblest and most dell
cate person. jyl-lwdeoIdw