The tennis primer . so nice and green, like the balls will be and he is, or someother kind of grass because it is so soft, as he apparentlythinks you are. You may, of course, want to turf your lawn. Good turfis in many places quite impossible to get. We will assume,however, that you can get it and that you have levelledout your lawn and the surrounding ground. You must becareful to see that it is well drained. In some cases it willbe right without anything further. In others you will haveto tile-drain it. Here again I am afraid you will want thetradesman, as so few amateurs can do this properl
The tennis primer . so nice and green, like the balls will be and he is, or someother kind of grass because it is so soft, as he apparentlythinks you are. You may, of course, want to turf your lawn. Good turfis in many places quite impossible to get. We will assume,however, that you can get it and that you have levelledout your lawn and the surrounding ground. You must becareful to see that it is well drained. In some cases it willbe right without anything further. In others you will haveto tile-drain it. Here again I am afraid you will want thetradesman, as so few amateurs can do this properly. You should have at least ten inches of good soil abovethe sub-soil before you think of putting down your turf,and it stands to reason that this must be perfectly andequally consolidated all over, otherwise you will havetrouble with your turf. See that all your turf is of aneven thickness. After the turf is laid it has to be welltrodden or rammed and then lightly rolled. You must 22 Spaldings athletic library. .-/. j^ .»** ii^L^ Plate DRIVE WITH LIFT. This shows the swing back for this stroke. The weight is mainlyon the right foot. Spaldings athletic library. 23 now leave it alone for a while to settle, and then in a fewweeks, when it has gripped the soil, you may put aheavier roller on to it. During the first two or three weeks,if there is not much rain, you should have the sprayergoing on the lawn. Always keep the grass closely mown. If you allow it togrow long it becomes rank and thick at the roots, and thisspoils a lawn. You can hardly cut a tennis lawn too can remember nearly getting into trouble with a veryworthy secretary of my club, who thought half an inch ofgrass made it nice and soft for the feet, by making himan offer for the grazing on the lawns. He could notunderstand that you cannot cut a lawn too closely unlessyou scrape the earth up. Shortly after the end of your season it is well to give thebase lines some attention. Possibly they will w
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