. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. Fig. 276.—Gourds are annual vines which may be used to make a quick screen. EasternIllinois Normal. () favorable conditions as if they were to yield for the soil rich and give them enough care to make them not expect vines to cover the buildings if the soil is poor. A 376 BEAUTIFYING HOME GROUNDS forkful of manure well mixed with the soil at plan
. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. Fig. 276.—Gourds are annual vines which may be used to make a quick screen. EasternIllinois Normal. () favorable conditions as if they were to yield for the soil rich and give them enough care to make them not expect vines to cover the buildings if the soil is poor. A 376 BEAUTIFYING HOME GROUNDS forkful of manure well mixed with the soil at planting time willpay. The results seen in a thrifty flower garden or border are veryencouraging (Figs. 278 and 279). When a fine old shrub is un-thrifty investigate the case and remedy the trouble if little manure or a mulch applied in the fall will stimulate thegrowth next year. Lawns.—Over the extensive area in which blue-grass thrives,good lawns are easily produced. Kentucky blue-grass is one of thebest lawn grasses of the humid states. It thrives particularly wellin regions where there is plenty of limestone, and in those regionswill grow much farther south than Fig. 277.—Even a few annual plants, such as caster beans, vines and flowers, well placed,hide the naked foundation and give a pleasing background for the lawn. Note how well thefoundation is hidden by plants. Other good lawn grasses are timothy, meadow fescue, red topand the rye grasses. All of these need to be trimmed more closelyor may be used better on large plantations where mowing is to bedone by the field machines. White clover is a low, creeping clover which mixes well withblue grass and other lawn grasses. It is easily grown in all of theregions where the rainfall is not too limited. It prefers some limein the soil. Bermuda grass is one of the best lawn grasses in use in the Gulfstates and other states near them if there is little lime in the makes a dense carpet if kept tri
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