HOW TO FORM LAWNS.
No feature in dressed grounds has Ruch a pleasing effect as a smooth, well-kept lawn ; the shrubs are seen to better advantage on grass than in any other position. Ground for lawns ought to be dug to a uniform depth, that it may settle evenly ; and if the subsoil be hard, loosen it to the depth of twelve inches. If the surface soil be poor, give it ,a dressing of short manure (or bonedust and lime); level and smooth with a rake ; roll or tread until it be firm ; and then sow lawn grass seed, or, if turf can be got, a lawn can be formed much sooner than by sowing. But, 'whichever way js adopted, weeds and coarse grass will have to be taken out, as moat soils are full of dormant Beeds, ready to spring up on being encouraged by cultivation. Roll, after the grass begins to cover the surface, and mow as soon as the grass is strong enough to catch tho edge of the scythe.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1248, 30 October 1875, Page 18
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