. Bliss and Son's illustrated spring catalogue and amateur's guide to the flower and kitchen garden. Flowers Catalogs; Plants Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. ^^^^^^ LAWN GRASS. In tlie formation of lawns the ground should be thoroughly cleansed of root weeds before sow- ing. It should be dug or trenclied to an equal depth to prevent unequal settlements; and to secure this, it should be repeatedly trodden, rolled and levelled, until at last a tlrni and uniform surface is obtained. The selection of proper grass seeds is the next important matter, and this requires m
. Bliss and Son's illustrated spring catalogue and amateur's guide to the flower and kitchen garden. Flowers Catalogs; Plants Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. ^^^^^^ LAWN GRASS. In tlie formation of lawns the ground should be thoroughly cleansed of root weeds before sow- ing. It should be dug or trenclied to an equal depth to prevent unequal settlements; and to secure this, it should be repeatedly trodden, rolled and levelled, until at last a tlrni and uniform surface is obtained. The selection of proper grass seeds is the next important matter, and this requires more than ordinary attention, that the kinds of grass be suited both to the purpose and soil, and that the mixture of these grasses be pioportioued to suit the end in view. The following mixtures, adapted to light, medium and heavy soils, have been carefully prepared, and, we are conlident, will give sat- isfaction. It must be remembered, however, that nuioh of the tine appearance of our Lawns de- pends upon regularity in mowing; if they are left too long in Sprin" before the operation is com- menced, or if allowed to grow stiong in Summer, and, more especially, if not closely mown at the latest period in Autumn, they become coarse, the stronger grasses overgrowing the weaker and the best, tlie smoothness of the surface is destroyed, and ultimately the whole becomes patchy and un- sightly. Besides regularity in mowing, rolling is an important matter in tine lawn management, and lience one of the many advantages of Hill's Lawn jUo7t'er,'which at one operation cuts the grass and rolls the ground at the same time. The improvement in many of the lawns in this country wliere this mower has been used, since its introduction about two years since, is truly wondei-ful, and no one who wishes for a tine smooth lawn can afford to dispense with it. All lawns, unless the subsoil be a porous alluvial gravel, should be thoroughly drained at their formation, and a drain should be carried a
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