Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-23
The Winter Lawn

| than a SWard of grass. 1t is nature
| most beautiful robe. Left to her
own devices. nature overs the land
scape with grass. It is her first eff
fort toward restoring the land which
man has so ruthlessly and complete
~ destroyed times without number.
Green is natures predominant color,
and in the various moods and lenses
in which she uses it, it is the most
restful, inspiring and comforting of
all colors. If this be true, why dc
we not prize grass more than w
it out Of our lawns and away from
around our houses? Why do we
give so little attention and consid-
Grafton to having a beautiful lawn
during the winter months when all
nature is brown and serene and so
seemingly devoid of life? There are
several reasons, no doubt. The first:
I am quite sure, being our lack OF
knowledge of just how and when and
what to plant. Of course, we may
use quite a variety of grasses for
lawn purposes. Where there is com
paratively little shade, there is moth
ing superior to Bermuda grass.
Where the trees are tall and dense
and we'll distributed over the lawn,
Bermuda grass is very unsatlstacec
we cannot use Bermuda grass a
beautiful lawn cannot be had in the
cotton belt. This is a great mistake
and one which we should proceed
to correct as rapidly as poss1ble. II
is not SO difficult to have shade on
tba lawn for the summer months.
Trees grow rapidly and beautifully
in this country, and there is no
finer example of shade tree TO pc
found anywhere than the water oar Oar:
Grasses do we'll under the water Q QIIA
due to the density of it's shade. we
+harnfnra shade a. Id w IL
sufficiently so that blue grass, ltaI-
ian rye grass, white clover, ourr
clover and even some otner OF cne
tame, grasses can be grown -
fully. The one grteia as G in he fact
that it must be seeded each year az az
# is an annually. One coulu,, !; ~
course, let it grow up ana seeu ~
self If this were done, hoW,e'e ~
the lawn would of necessity oe ~ a..
unsightly condition IGr se'e1 K e
Niue hui \" grass will not stand our no.
suumer sun very satisfactorily, esq ned
ciaiIv when not shaded or MaoT row.
~ where an attempt is mace " S5,,ch
i on land i d frua of Of Wits Clover ara
the saiiie of no more beautlful
yet +han well-set blue grass
S slgnI IN which white clover sho ~ .
frealv. It is wonderful TO SCI b1ooms
extent and number Oh Ii' and how
which may be pro o uoade to nestle
G dtUS into the grass itself. deve1ou
oo I1ow should we proceed 10 ue sha de
ff beeaautiful lawn, t lrst: on it
trees should not be planr ronoed as
Unfortunately. but SO SO tba Greater
" shade the lawn for tne srnoon
patt not NECESSARY to let trees CIV
aarrnI7,iscuouslv over the lawn ~ az he
ccnmplish this end. Ihev sr,o Of the
set out with a consl3Nesla cnurse it is
end 20 % Pb have wide sweep, OF gre EEL
me- e,.5 hare of trees. That llts t t,e
swn14i in the climate OF .nT
| states north of the ONO rayer hut
y does not measure UP, to tnQSse Pa pa
~ toi nGos in the south where the me- e.
tain the sun is more intense and lhe
| e OF season so prolonged
su Naxtl the lawn should be ploWett
I'D and planted to some ONE crop edPi, i'm.
as cowpeas or o; any he we'll fer.
| tR;Iiznd with acid phosphate. Use tnlS
| naterial at the rate OF from - 81
| to four hundred pounds per aGIe od re-
| add TO it at least one hui. "a. ~,
pounds of m M the plant la P food It viii
sunnIv in the form of some otn ne
| o oopiiS of this element. Before Tn. Tn,
| meas are seeded and the iertll,A c
appiied, the lawn should be lanieo no O
the rate of two to Idre raw c finel,
groIind rock for this purpose, sea.
fering it abundantly over the sur
| face. and harrow or work ~ ~, ~
the top soil. When the peas pea h an
apgareIttly m gdod a e1SR or wo F
falIov the land for several weeks:
lal 0n October Fifteenth or there
about. plant a mixture made up o
| four to eight pounds of selected plu
grass seed, eight to tWelye pot t fi1 "
italian rye grass and three TO NY "
bounds of white clover. l prefer IT,, !,
nnse the larger amount always. IN
MONT Of Seed to use will of cours
vary with the size of the lawn
| am recommending the above seeuln'
for an an,s area a. OF IN raw acre COM" The gras
ehouId be covered into the surfac
| soil. Later in the season "hen
| has made a good start, top, ores
with rich leaf mold and weit f.ti1iz
ward manure or commercial tertlilz
err. These materials are preterana:
used in the order named. The ma
nure should be well-rotted SO as I
destroy Objectionable weed CROWNS
The seed should be purchased of tn
most reliable firms available be
cause only the best quality OF see
| should be used on lawn. IT Is pre-
supposed that the lawn Will nav
been graded down to a perfect leVe
md fairly we'll compacted befor,
he same grass is sown. 1T WI
'ardIy make enough growth tn
first fall to necessitate its penn
cut. If this should happen, how
ever, 1t may be mown with an or
binary lawn mower. In the sprln
of the year as soon as warm Weath
err comes watering hould be under
Il taken. This must be persisted l
| throughout the season. If there ar
| large unshaded open spaces, SOY
| Bermuda grass about the first o
April at the rate of ten to lively
surface of the soil lightly.
AS soon as growth opens up in tn
spring top dress the lawn with
fertilizer containing four to five pc
cent of nitrogen, eight to nine pc
cent of phosphoric acid and three
four per cent of potash. This shout
be used at the rate of two hundre
pounds per acre. Any carrier of n
trogen will be found satisfactory an
one would ordinarily apply act
4 phosphate as a carrier Of phosphori
acid Nitrate of soda or sulphate &
ammonia make excellent top dresser
for lawns which are we'll supple
with other elements mentioned. TW
hundred pounds per acre is not to
much to apply Of either Of tho cal
risrR Of nitrogen mentioned. TW
top dressings Should be made. one
the spring and the other In the fai
The second spring application shout
A. naturally he made some time in Ma