. The complete home landscape. Landscape gardening; Gardens. CONSTRUCTION DETAILS—THE LAWN 17 illustrate suitable methods more clearly than word descriptions. The style shown in Fig. 13 is effective on walks, drives, and paved areas, while that shown in Fig. 14 can be used on the lawn. SOIL PREPARATION The method followed in preparing the soil depends upon the richness of the natural deposit, but as most soils can be improved, the following directions can be applied in practically every case. It can be stated generally that all heavy clay soils are benefited by working in an inch or more of sa
. The complete home landscape. Landscape gardening; Gardens. CONSTRUCTION DETAILS—THE LAWN 17 illustrate suitable methods more clearly than word descriptions. The style shown in Fig. 13 is effective on walks, drives, and paved areas, while that shown in Fig. 14 can be used on the lawn. SOIL PREPARATION The method followed in preparing the soil depends upon the richness of the natural deposit, but as most soils can be improved, the following directions can be applied in practically every case. It can be stated generally that all heavy clay soils are benefited by working in an inch or more of sand or road grit; for very sandy soils the same quantity of clay or loamy clay should be applied. All drain- age and grading being finished and the topsoil being in place, spread a heavy layer (about four or five inches) of rotten manure over the ground. This will be approximately one-half ton to one thousand square feet, or twenty tons to an acre. Plow or dig this under deeply, and then scatter slaked Ume, using 100 pounds to 1000 square feet, which is about two tons to an acre. If crushed limestone is used, double the quantity in order to make the treatment equally effective. The lime should be raked or harrowed in thor- oughly so that it is scarcely visible. Let the land settle for ten to fourteen days, when it should be raked repeatedly until the surface is friable and free from lumps or stones. This thor- ough raking is most important in the for- mation of good turf, and represents time ^\S- of dry well that can be constructed in ^ a lawn to take care or surplus surrace water, to prevent and effort well spent. washing and marshy spots, 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 Jennings, Arthur J; Johnson, Leonard H. New York, A. T. De La Mare
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