Strawbridge & Clothier's quarterly . ass kept solely for orna-mental purposes. It may be merely a frontyard, or on large places it may include manyacres. These may from some cause show thinand poor places here and there. These may bemended by several methods. If the bare placesare large, the surface may be worked over witha sharp rake to take out dead stems and roots,and then, after fertilizing, be sown with grassseed of a kind similar to the rest of the the bare patches are small, the quickest wayto mend them is to lay turf. In England amethod is in use not only for restoring bareplac
Strawbridge & Clothier's quarterly . ass kept solely for orna-mental purposes. It may be merely a frontyard, or on large places it may include manyacres. These may from some cause show thinand poor places here and there. These may bemended by several methods. If the bare placesare large, the surface may be worked over witha sharp rake to take out dead stems and roots,and then, after fertilizing, be sown with grassseed of a kind similar to the rest of the the bare patches are small, the quickest wayto mend them is to lay turf. In England amethod is in use not only for restoring bareplaces in established lawns, but also for startingnew ones, called inoculating. The groundbeing well prepared, bits of good turf (sods)three inches square are inserted a foot aparteach way. These will take root and spread,soon covering the whole surface. In makingor mending a lawn, recollect that the work is tolast for years, and that a good supply of fertiliz-ing materials will be a good investment. THE JIARVELLOUS WEBBER SINGING
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