Evening star., 1925-05-06
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

perfectly good walks provided for
them.
However hopeless the lawn may ap-
pear, never forget that grass has a
marvellous knack of spreading. Give
| it plenty of water-it is huge drink
er-some sunshine and warmth, in a
little while it will spread over it's bare
patches, and present the carpet Of
green you long for.
What is prettier about a garden
| than the lawn?
Grass is the basis of any garden.
| Pretty flowers have a sad task before
| them in trying to beautify a yard
without the assistance of plenty of
| thick. dark green grass.
| know one back yard that has moth
| ing but grassland it is a pretty back
yard, too. The householder paid SIS
for a load of sod, and got his moneys
worth many times over.
This yard is a true green, not the
sickly, light color of some new grass
secured with poor mixture of vari-
Gus grass seeds. If there is never a
flower planted in this yard, it still
| will be a credit to the community.
In our neighborhood there are three
front lawns side by side. Last fall
one householder spent hours digging
up the so-called fox grass. Then he
planted seed. and by cold weather had
what seemed to be fine lawn again.
The man next door believed in let
| ting his lawn use it's own intelligence.
The third man did not have much
time to put on his, and so allowed it
even more command of itself.
This Spring the first man admitted
that the lawn which had received the
! least attention looked the best, the
/ haG
| third.
This is a lesson in not paving at a
grass plot too much. While adequate
moving and watering are necessary,
with re.seeding when demanded, in
the main the grass does better as a
simple child of nature.
| Don't be finicky about your grass.
A few weeds won't hurt il. To hear
some householders talk. bright dan
deiion is a veritable monster. AS for
the necessary, humble buttercup, it is
a pest. according to them.
AS for nae, l like the buttercups,
and welcome the dandeliOns. The for
mer has such Il glowing, soft face, 1t is
| like the smile of your best girl. As
| for the dandelion, no one who remem-
bers with pleasure the days of his
| youth can but help have a soft spot
| in his heart for this flower.
Did we not treasure its first blooms,
land later blow away its down upon the
| spent air of our childhood? And shall
we not now honor the dandelion and
| give il some small place in our yards?
| As for the more Verltable weeds,
whatever one may say against them,
here is one thing TO be said in their
| favor:
They are very green.
! If YOU have ever seen the light.
sickly green of some grass, you viii
all the more appreciate the weeds.
pests though they are. With good
lawn mower they can be kept crop
ped close, and thus ultimately obilt-
Grated.
In the meantime their sturdy
growth will help out in the general
! effect of the lawn. bolstering up the
true grass in it's effort TO give your
lawn that satisfying, deep green which
1 is the desire of all householders.
1t is the general effect that Is TO be
considered. Does the lawn, from the
sidewalk, or from the house, satisfy
the eye?
Then it is a good lawn, TO my mind
What do | care If you can walk out
and point me out couple of weeds?
I Why should / concentrate on spy
ing out the weeds, when for less trou'
bic can enjoy the general. wholesale
beauty my lawn fiourishes for my ap
proval?