Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-06-07
PRETTY LAWNS.
An English Expert Gives Some Vain.
able Pointers

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Lewis Rose, OF 347 West Twentv
fifth street. is practical gardena-
who dresses lawns and prunes ueas
for anybody who will employ him nv
the day, says the New York Sun. Ha
was James VI Waterbury's gardene.
until the failure OF the cordage trust
forced that gentleman to give IN bls
city house and retire to a more modest
establishment in tho country. Mr.
Rose came to this country ten years
ago from England, where he was
farmer, and he trims and cuts accord
ing 10 English rules.
You Americans do not know wbar
good lawns are, ne said to a report
or recently. "In England the houses
OF the gentry are surrounded by acres
of greeusward that looks just like vel
vet They NOW the grass with a ma.
chine every week, and after the mower
comes a heavy stone roller that rolls
il down as fiat as piece of paper
1T is just as smooth as that table
cover there stretched over the table
The roller is to press down and heal
any little break or tear in the turf
made by the machines. If you break
the turf anywhere it is just like break.
ing your skin You must fix it di.
rectly. or there viii be a sore place on
the lawn. oven il it gets well there
will always be a scar there unless
you mend it carefully You should see
the English lawns after a shower
The green is beautiful, and every
blade Of grass stands up straight; but
all the little blades are Of exactly the
same length, and they look soft and
level. The perfume Of the new grass
is delightful They have windows gen.
orally that come down to the floor
and on the walls outside the house
are climbing rose bushes all in full
bloom. The combined odor Of roses
and new mown grass is very pleasant
You have TO go at a lawn as if il
were a piece of embroidery you were
at work on. First, sou must have
good rich. decaying mold for the
grass to live on. Now is just the right
time Of year TO spread on the fertilizer
thick. 1t will soak in. There will be
nothing left Of it but a few bits OF
straw that you can gather up with
a garden rake when the grass comes
ND. You cannot make grass grow In
sand Then, as the grass comes up
you must 20 over 1t step by step and
dig out all the coarse grass and weeds
and be sure to mend each place after
digging up the roots. Then you will
10 Gin to find patches where no grass
appears. You want to have the grass
seed handy and SOW these places
witt il.
II water my lawns twice a day 10
the morning before the sun gets fairly 4
up and at night after it goes down 4
/ NOW the grass every week. After
you have a good lawn you must watch
every inch of it. You have no idea
how easy it is to let a patch here \
and there get poisoned to death. When
YOU find any foreign substance on q
lawn that is likely to poison the grass
you want 10 dig it up put fresh soil
and fertilizer under it, and fit new
and healthy bit Of turf in the hole
you have made Then keep an eye on
it aftcrward and water it well. The
rich. decomposcd sweepings from the
stable make the best fertilizer.
I'm pruning trees you want TO cli
off every long shoot and make your
tree compact and bushy like a full
blown rose. Even wealthy Americans
let their trees get scrawny, and they
don't always cut them enough to pre-
vent decay in some of the branches
1t is easy to trim trees if you under
stand this principle. And the on5
reason l have been successful win
my lawns is that | have been willing
to take pains with them and do %!
of hard work"