Sodding 28

Good Loam and Fertilizers 31

Lawn-mower, Roller, and Hose 37

Weeds and Other Pests 46

THE ILLUSTRATIONS

The Lawn is an Important Element
in the Setting for a Country Place

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FACING
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A Path of Stepping-stones To Save
Labor in Mowing 4

A Successful Covering of a Steeply
Sloping Bank 14

Golf Course and Putting-green 20

The Result of a Cheap, Ready-made
Mixture of Grass Seed 28

One of the Most Difficult Places
To Make a Lawn--Under Large
Shade Trees 34

The Necessity for an Occasional
Cleaning of the Lawn-mower 40

The Only Sure Way To Eradicate
Weeds 48

MAKING A LAWN

Making a Lawn

THE SMALL LAWN, OLD AND NEW

To the thousands of anxious inquirers, seeking solution of lawn
difficulties, it would be more than delightful to say that a fine lawn
could be had by very hard wishing, but honesty compels one to change the
words "hard wishing" to "hard work," in order to keep strictly within
the truth. A well-made lawn is a testimonial to a hustler, whether the
area is small or large.

The majority of inquiries about lawn needs come from people having small
places, from a few hundred to a few thousand feet, and the symptoms
described can be divided into two classes: one where they want to make
grass grow where it has never grown before, and the other where the call
is for information to assist in restoring old lawns that have petered
out. Let us take up the last condition first.

Where grass has grown for some years it is conclusive evidence that
there must be soil beneath, which, perhaps because of neglect, has
ceased to supply the nourishment necessary to maintain the vigor of the
sod growing upon it. As a consequence, weeds gradually creep in and
finally crowd out every blade of grass.

A condition like this is easily remedied and an improvement brought
about in short order and at very small expense.

In the first place make a general clearing up of the weeds and do it as
thoroughly as possible. Take them out with a strong knife