The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-02-29
Beautifying the Home Grounds

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have been planted. When the roots
| have been spread out in the hoe,
fine soil should be worked between
| them and when the roots are all GOV.
cred the tree should then be shak-
en-. This will cause the soil to work
in among the finer roots. After this
is doneis done the hole can be filled
an then tramped down hard, after
which a good watering should be ap.
piled. If each tree is given plenty
of water this will cause the soil t.
settle down around the roots. After
the water has soaked in, coating
of mulch shoud be placed around the
trees, which will prevent quick dry.
ing of the soil.
Planting Of Roses
1t is best to plant roses in q bed
instead of planting single plant
here and there on the lawn. BY
planting in beds they can be cult
waited and fortified much more con.
veniently. The bed should be dug ut
east one foot deep and the soil thor.
oughly mixed with well rotted stable
manure. Under no circumstances
should manure be put into the holes
when planting
For winter protection a heap Of
manure can be placed around each
rosebush in the fall and allowed to
remain until about April when it
can be spread On the bed and dug
in.
At that time 1t is best to prune the
bushes by thinning out the weakest
shoots where they have grown too
thick and by cutting the remaining
shoots back two thirds of their
length, but 1t is well to take notice
that the cut is made right over
bud which turns outward.
The following are a few hardy va
rieties Of various colors
Keiserin Augusta Victoria, cream;
LaFrance, pink; Caroline testout,
bright pink; Alfred Colomb. Grim
son; Fisher Holmes, dark red; Frau
Karl Drauscky, pure white; General
Jaqueminot, dark red; Paul Neron,
large pink; Ulrik Drummer, cherry
red Chrested moss roses, pink and
white.
Making Of Lawns
II Is sometimes seen that when ex-
cavating is done for cellar or foun-
dalton to building that the subsoil
has been spread over the top soil to
make a grade for the lawn. In this
subsoil nothing can grow until 1t has
has been weathered. worked and fer
tilted. For this reason 1t is best
to remove the top soil before grading
and replace it again after the sub,
soil has been spread.
! A lawn requires a rich soil OF a
depth from six to eight inches on
top Of the bed of gravel or other por.
Gus subsoil which insures drainage,
, II the soil in the plot on which the
/, lawn is desired is not rich enough,
plenty of well rotted manure should
be added and mixed with the soil to
a depth of six to eight inches.
p After the soil has been graded and
raked into the desired shape, 1t Is
Z ready for seeding. 1t is advisable &c
prepare the plot for the lawn during
q the fall and have it ready for seed
:. ing in the early spring as soon al
the ground is dry enough to rake
J BY this method the seeds get th'
,. benefit OF the spring rain.
n When seeding 1t is best to maxi
two sowings, the second sowing cross
wise of the first. BY so doing tn
/; seed will be more evenly distributed
= After sowing the seeds should be ral'
d ed down with rake, or If the plot II
a, q large one it may be narrowed light
a. ~ and then rolled.
I. The quantity of seed required 10
4. an area OF $500 square feet 5Ox5
,, feet is eight qaurts or five bushel
II. to an acre.
r. It is important to add fertilizer
a the lawns every year. 1t is readil
n. seen that when the grass has bee
=, cut week after week throughout I'll
rs summer the turf naturally become
exhausted. The fertilizer, wheth'
:, IL be stable manure Or commerce
al fertilizer should be applied som
~. time between the first part OF u
or. cember and the first of March. Ho
re ever it is best to apply this duriI
cd the early part of the period me