. Farm grasses of the United States; a practical treatise on the grass crop, seeding and management of meadows and pastures, descriptions of the best varieties, the seed and its impurities, grasses for special conditions, etc., etc. Grasses. LAWNS AND LAWN-MAKING 213 morning or in the evening, after the heat of the day has passed. The small plats of turf about city houses suffer severely from being watered late in the morning,. FIG. 45—LAWN-MOWERS, OR TURF-MAKERS, IN DRUID HILL PARK, BALTIMORE, MD. (Lamson-Scribner in Year book of United States Department of Agriculture for 1897.) and the wet
. Farm grasses of the United States; a practical treatise on the grass crop, seeding and management of meadows and pastures, descriptions of the best varieties, the seed and its impurities, grasses for special conditions, etc., etc. Grasses. LAWNS AND LAWN-MAKING 213 morning or in the evening, after the heat of the day has passed. The small plats of turf about city houses suffer severely from being watered late in the morning,. FIG. 45—LAWN-MOWERS, OR TURF-MAKERS, IN DRUID HILL PARK, BALTIMORE, MD. (Lamson-Scribner in Year book of United States Department of Agriculture for 1897.) and the wet grass then subjected to the full heat of the summer sun, intensified by the surrounding walks and buildings. A proper sprinkling nozzle should also be used on the hose. When this is not done the turf may be greatly injured. Where the full force of the stream is allowed to strike directly against the surface of a thin sward, the soil is washed slowly from the roots of the grasses and they are thus exposed to the sun. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Spillman, W. J. (William Jasper). New York, O. Judd company
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