Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-21

After the holes made by the fork
tines have been well fortified,
sprinkle lime all over the lawn, and
the rains will wash it into the
trenches and down to the roots of
your grass.
After the lime has been washed
into the ground, seed can be scatter
| ed all over the lawn; this treatment
will revive and strengthen the old
grass, and give a fine growth to the
seed.
Old lawns often contain a heavy
mat OF dried grass. which accumu-
lates as lie lawn is moved and the
rake fails to remove the short pieces,
This mat of dried grass gradually
becomes a sort of rain-coat, prevent
ing moisture from entering the soil.
In such cases a sharp iron rake
should be used vigorously to remove
the matted mass. and where clumps
of short-rooted grass are torn out
by this raking scatter lime and fresh
seed. A strong growth will soon re-
place the short-rooted one torn out.
Bone fertilizers may be used if
well rotted anu or wood ashes
cannot be secured. In other locali-
ties a good coat of lime once in three
or fouf' years is enough but a sprink-
ling of lime twice a year is necessary
in Perth Amboy, and you will hard
ly be able to induce a satisfactory
growth of grass without it.
Besides having a clay soil and a
fume-laden air to contend with in
this city we have also the salt air
to combat. After several years ex-
perience in the Caledonia, City Hall
and Bay View Bluff parks, which has
confirmed the advice ven by many
OF the expert gardeners who care for
the wonderful lawns along Rumson
Road and Ocean Boulevard. it has
been found that the "Seaside Mix-
ture" Is best for seeding lawns in
general in Perth Amboy, except for
shaded spaces, where SHADY Nook"
has given the best results.
Grass may be sown with good re-
suits at any time of the year. even
II scattered on top of snow. but
October seeding will give the best
grass. The later 1t Is sown in the
fall the stronger its rootage, and the
stronger the rootage, of course, the
harder the growth produced.
Dont forget the extra lining need
ed here, and never use fresh stable
manure.
A list of the plants, trees and
Mowers from which are obtained the
pest results when grown here fol-
lows:
Trees best adapted to grow in
Eertn Ampoy n a will stand our
climate and resist the borers and in
sect attacks are: Linden, ginkgo
maiden hair fern foliage), horse
chestnut, red iaple, buch (purple
ieavel, oriental plane Islands cli-
mate Dut borers Destroy. Trees with
pitter sap are not so readily attacked
as are those with sweet sap.
Hardy Towering shrubs are aIthea
rose OF ~sharon), towering almond,
f~orsythia, honeysuckle, hydrangea. (
spirea' syringa, lilac (not ,asy), wei
se,la rosea Shnest shrub grown.
Perennial flowers: Alysium. anchu-
sa' columbine, rock cress, aster.
English daisy, Canterbury bellies
candytuft, carnation, c~hrysanthe-
mus coropsis, corkspur. foxglove,
s~aiiiardia' hollyhock, iris, lavender,
[orget-me-not, phlox, polyanthus, !
peoples, cornfiower, sweet william.
hot poker and wallf1ower.
Annual flowers: Alyssum (syeet).
snapdragon, African daisy, aster'
Gladly slippery. begonia, cal
candytuft, c~arnation, cocks
comb, cornfiower, cosmos, dahlia,
china pink, African golden daisy,
poppy, bachelor button,
'abys' breath, sunflower, ~strawhower.
heliotrope. h~ollyhock. larkspur, mar
gold, four o'clock. mignonette, mas /
turtium, pansies, petinia, phlox, pop
pies, portulaca, scarlet sage, verbina
and lima.