Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-03
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long as he sticks to such roses as
these.
Then the question of manure de-
serves consideration. Well rotted
COW manure, 1t Is generally agreed,
is the best fertilizer In the world, but
the trouble is that It is very hard
to get in large city. In some sec
lions men come around with wagon
loads in Autumn, and even in De-
cember, but much of this stuff is too
hot, and too filled with straw. mex
perienced householders often pay a
fancy price for q load of such manure,
and have 1t put on their grass, only
to find it so disagreeable that they
soon are willing to pay some one else
to remove It. Well rotted manure
of the proper kind Is free from an
excess of straw, and has the appear
ance of black garden loan, and any
one who finds this quality has made
find. indeed. Applied to borders in
the Fall, or even Winter, 1t is the
best thing in the world for them, and
especially for the rose bed. When
you are in our public parks next
Spring, notice that ahe rosebushes set
out by Uncle Sam are literally planted
In manure. There are some very fine
beds in Montrose Park. in George
town, which 1t will pay any one In
terested In roses to visit for this fea-
ture alone.
AS one who has spent his fair share
OF time "stewing around" about the
condition of his lawns and has now
happily reformed, we would like to
warn all persons against a similar
procedure.
The cha pcnc oro m - -.
grass viii come out all right next
Spring, no matter how poor II looks
nov" Grass is pretty tough stuff,
attef all, and is in the care of hardy
ola lady, Mother Nature, who knows
her stuff, as indeed she ought. be.
ing very, very old, and consequently
wise in her ways.
the experience Of our friend Tenn
pletlon Jones Is instructive. Mr.. Jones
had two excellent lawns the first Sum
mer in his new home. The front
grass came with the house, the back
yaru was planted by the householder.
Ihat Autumn he cut his grass the
last time on September 6. after which
II ala not grow any more to amount
10 anything. The next Spring his
lawns We're almost bare, after the
dead grass was raked off. Jones i'm.
medlately jumped to the conclusion
that he had cut his grass too late.
Plenty of grass seed, however, again
gave him good lawns-so good. in
fact, that Jones had more than a
suspicion that his old grass had come
up, after all. The last Autumn, how
ever, he made his last cutting on
August Is, in order to test the advice
of the experts" that a lawn Should
be allowed to go into the Winter with
long coat of grass"
As the result of following this ad-
vice, Jones had the deadest- looking
grass in Washington by the middle
Of September, and, as the season was
mild, nice brown grass, when all his
neighbors had nice green grass. To
day, he informs us, his lawn looks
just bit worse than any one else's,
and by Spring bids fair to be just as
poor-looking as last year. To date
he can see no benefit whatever from
refraining to NOV, and has had to
endure a brown lawn much longer
than usual. He says that hereafter
he will continue to run the mower
until the snow falls.
Winter birds are having the time
of their life, however eating seed in
his back yard. so Jones feels more
than ever that it is an i'll wind, in
deed, that blows no one good,