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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910. Excerpt: ... INDEX Acidity, rectifying, 57. Agrostis sps., special points about, 95. Anthoxanihum odoratum used for fragrance, 96. Ants, poisoning, 78. Art in the lawn, 135. Beds, digging, 141. formal, 141. staking, 140. Belt and open plantings, ns-Bermuda grass, as a weed, 75. for lawns in the South, no. hardier, in. Bent grasses, the, 95. Block plantings, 138. Bone and bone meal, 57, 58,65. Buffalo grass, 114. Buildings and Lawns, 10. Bulbilis daclyloides, 114. California, lawns for, 114. Capriola Dactylon, 75. Carbon bisulphide for ants, 79. Carpet grass, 114. Cellar excavations, 11. Cheap manure, 58, 61. Chickweed, 76. City lots, managing lawns on, 138. Clay soils, mixture for, 106. Clearing, 24. Clippings, leave or re-move, 45, 50, 51. Clover, white, 77. how to sow, 108. / in mixtures, 88. use of, 50, 96. Colour values, 139. Contour, 22. and curves, 148. in relation to size, 20. making the, 19. of beds, 142. unbalanced, 23. Contra-curves, how to lay out, 146. Corn preceding grass, 18. Cost of a lawn, 35. Cow peas, 18. Crab grass, 73. how to attack, 74, 123. Crested dog's-tail, fea-tures of, 88. Crested dog's-tail, with Kentucky blue, 94. Crimson clover, 57. Curves and obstacles, 147. making, 145. Cutting, close, 49. first time, 44. hay often?, 45. rules for, 48. tools for, 118. Cynodon Dactylon, 75. Dadylis glomerata, 75. Dandelions, 69. Depth of soil, 8. Dock, 69. Drainage, 17, 28. Drainage, effects, of, 29. Dynamite, how to use, 17. Earthworms, 81,157. Edges of flower beds, 142. 1 of lawns trimming and 'truing, 129. Edging and trimming tools, 125. iron, 128. shears, 126. Ellipse, how to make an, 143-English and American conditions compared, 7-Excavated soil, handling, 12, 25. Fair green, mixture for, 105. Fairy rings, 84. Fall dressing before seed-ing, 18. prep...