The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-19

largely ly neglect Of these two prelimi-
nary operations. and The difficultg of
making good lawn may h@ Judged by
the care with which they must boz con-
Quoted The ground being thus prepared.
the question Of Supplying the grass is
reached This may be done either with
SDds or with seed. SOdGIug is the quicker
method, but II Is open 20 the very s-ri-
Gus uDjsCIiyu that GOOD sOls are very DIM
cult To procure. unless the grass has been
specially grown. and then the cost Is high.
Ordinary S1d contains mixture Of grass
rs. whereas the finest lawn yG CTS aye OBJ
tanned by using only a single variety.
A lawn can be grown from sees .-Jnln
snort period, and f@IfTTS -'F % re-
suit as more satisfactory than that given
by sodding- As for IN. Sslt.-Ia4 .
seed used. there Is little room FOR choice
under OF linaTy conditions III this part OF
the country Experts advise against US
ing the mixtures sold uE the -g, ur' l-
The best lawns consist Of a single variety
Of grass The most thar con .r 50.
tho mixtures is that one Of the varieties
contained in them viii bee fOlud 10 uv rrL-
ter suited 20 the locality than any ~ rhe
others. and viii eventually crowd the
others out, but the same result could be
accomplished III a shorter uIue uE using
that special kind Of seed.
For general use the choice is practically
limited 10 ktntGchy blue grass, Rhode
Island bent, and creeping bent The SUI
prC macy for color l. usually awarded 10
the deep Iich emerald green Of the blue
grass The Rhode Island IS finer in tex
II is Of this grass that the lawns Of The
miliiOnaires 1T Newport are generally
made. IL costs two OF three times as
much as tie blue grass which tact makes
the latter preferred. as rule. other Off
fgreuCeS being iuCOlsIdgTub.e- II is often
the practice TO mix with the blue grass
some red-tOp clover OF some white Dutch
After the grass has begun 70 grow
there comes an anxious and exciting time
FOR the proprietor in tghtIEES weeds.
Eternal vigilance is the price Of a hut
lawn
summer long I'm your lawn. which iS scat
tered with hare patches where You have
been pulling them ur- This is the time
now when you should r-S--d these bare
patches, spreading over them some MOD
eratyly rich earth % encourage the growth
Of the grass. If the grass gets % good
start In the fan before cold weather 10
will live through the winter and viii be-
gin growing IN the spring before The
weeds have chance 20 establish them
sustained effort will civ" you tho lawn Won
want Il Will TAX. lot Of patience. Hut
tha result viii repay the work. Unless
rh- lawn IS Ia yg=g bad shape 10 viii hard
ly bee worth while ta attempt ta ua b.. it
over again wholly. even u the ground has
NOT been prepared properly.
Unless the ground Is unusually u.u il
is necessary to give your lawn dressings
kind Of fertilizer q. De- used depends upon
the needs If the ground GuG .au --u,r-
ally get AS much contrary adEie. from ay-
u-Tt5 Uu the subject as you want As ID
and an carly spring dressing Of uuIvIal.H
hardwood ashes should produce good re-
suits. Bone meal. lime. and W-Ll-rpttrI
I manure are also used among other things
Is kept constantly cut ana ws,ered when
ever necessary