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The Small Lawn, Old and New[1]
The Treatment of Large Areas[8]
Grass Seed[13]
Sowing the Seed[24]
Sodding[28]
Good Loam and Fertilizers[31]
Lawn-mower, Roller, and Hose[37]
Weeds and Other Pests[46]

THE ILLUSTRATIONS

The Lawn is an Important Element in the Setting for a Country Place[Frontispiece]
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A Path of Stepping-stones To Save Labor in Mowing[4]
A Successful Covering of a Steeply Sloping Bank[14]
Golf Course and Putting-green[20]
The Result of a Cheap, Ready-made Mixture of Grass Seed[28]
One of the Most Difficult Places To Make a Lawn—Under Large Shade Trees[34]
The Necessity for an Occasional Cleaning of the Lawn-mower[40]
The Only Sure Way To Eradicate Weeds[48]

Making a Lawn
THE SMALL LAWN, OLD AND NEW

TO the thousands of anxious inquirers, seeking solution of lawn difficulties, it would be more than delightful to say that a fine lawn could be had by very hard wishing, but honesty compels one to change the words "hard wishing" to "hard work," in order to keep strictly within the truth. A well-made lawn is a testimonial to a hustler, whether the area is small or large.

The majority of inquiries about lawn needs come from people having small places, from a few hundred to a few thousand feet, and the symptoms described

can be divided into two classes: one where they want to make grass grow where it has never grown before, and the other where the call is for information to assist in restoring old lawns that have petered out. Let us take up the last condition first.

Where grass has grown for some years it is conclusive evidence that there must be soil beneath, which, perhaps because of neglect, has ceased to supply the nourishment necessary to maintain the vigor of the sod growing upon it. As a consequence, weeds gradually creep in and finally crowd out every blade of grass.

A condition like this is easily remedied and an improvement brought about in short order and at very small expense.