. 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. winter is very severe early spring is preferred tolate fall, because the young grass should be allowed^to make enoughroot growth to prevent being killed by freezing. In regions withlight winters where the soil does not freeze many inches deep thefall seeding of lawns is recommended. Principles in the Care of Lawns.—It is easier to care for a lawnthat is not broken up by trees or sca
. 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. winter is very severe early spring is preferred tolate fall, because the young grass should be allowed^to make enoughroot growth to prevent being killed by freezing. In regions withlight winters where the soil does not freeze many inches deep thefall seeding of lawns is recommended. Principles in the Care of Lawns.—It is easier to care for a lawnthat is not broken up by trees or scattered shrubs. The area to be 378 BEAUTIFYING HOME GROUNDS mowed should be largely uninterrupted by such plants. It ismoredifficult to mow all around a flower bed or shrub cluster than it is tomow along one side only. Frequent mowings are less difficult than few mowings. If lawnmowers are used the work is measured by the height rather than bythe number of times the lawn is gone over. Of course this is notthe case when field mowers are used. These are suitable only forlarge lawns. Never allow the seed stems of grasses to shoot up. This takesaway the life of the grass. All good lawn grasses have other means. Fig. 279.—The vegetable garden whether at home or at school may be bordered with annualand perennial flowers. (R. I. State College, Ext. Dept.) of spreading than by seed. These other methods should be encour-aged, and the seed method should be discouraged. Another objection to neglecting the lawn is the presence ofweeds. These are always more abundant on neglected trimmed lawns are less weedy. Frequent cutting is hard onthe weeds but good for the grass. Flower Planting:—One of the most important factors in beauti-fying the home grounds is the liberal use of flowers. Do not makesmall beds of flowers. Let them be planted in borders or widebelts along the edge of the grounds. There is no obj ection to havingsome walks run through them but they should not be i
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