. Lawns and gardens. How to plant and beautify the home lot, the pleasure ground and garden . t they should be worked in and mixedwith the old soil, as the) would otherwise form a layer bythemselves insufficient to resist even short spells of dryweather. By subsoiling, during which operation plenty ofmanure is dug in and mixed with the soil to a depth oftwo or three feet, even the poorest and least promising soilmay be improved. Light soil is made more solid in thisway, and heavy clay, if mixed with turfy loam, decayedmanure, and sand or gravel, may be made quite porous. If the soil is conside
. Lawns and gardens. How to plant and beautify the home lot, the pleasure ground and garden . t they should be worked in and mixedwith the old soil, as the) would otherwise form a layer bythemselves insufficient to resist even short spells of dryweather. By subsoiling, during which operation plenty ofmanure is dug in and mixed with the soil to a depth oftwo or three feet, even the poorest and least promising soilmay be improved. Light soil is made more solid in thisway, and heavy clay, if mixed with turfy loam, decayedmanure, and sand or gravel, may be made quite porous. If the soil is considered satisfactory in every way andhas been thoroughly worked, and the trees and shrubs are Zbc lawn. 107 planted, we may proceed to make the lawn by means ofsodding and sowing. Sods may lie procured from an oldclean pasture, or from a good lawn. They should be cutin long narrow strips about ten inches wide, two inchesthick, and live or six feet long, which can lie rolled togetheras shown in A, Fig. 57. They must lie cut quite even andwith cleau edges throughout their length. A large number. FIQ. 57. A.—METHOD OF CUTTING AND ROLLING SODS. B.—SECTION OF THEEDGE OF A LAWN, SODDED. may be marked out at a time, and a straight board or a linemay be used in guiding the spade. A special thin ironwith a sharp edge is best for the cutting, but if this cannotbe had an old and sharp steel spade may be used. Sod-cutters drawn by horses are used by many if an unusuallylarge quantity is required, but sods cut by means of an ironare better aud easier to handle. In sodding the edge of a ioS Zhc Xawn. lawn as shown in B, Fig. 57, care must be taken to makethe edge equally high above the surface of the walk at allparts. If the sod is uneven, loose soil must be put inunder all thin places, and the soil may either be cut awaywhere the sod is too thick or scooped out of the groundbeneath the turf. A thin and sharp knife is used to fit theedges together, and for loosening the soil a rake with asho
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