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Wherever lawns are to be developed under large shade trees, such asmaples, oaks, beeches, etc., great care should be used and the work ofseeding should be completed at the earliest possible date in the fall. It is not practicable to seed lawns late in the fall where large trees dropleaves which if not removed within one or two days are apt to smotherthe young grass. This is an important point to keep in mind. The best grass generally for the foundation of a lawn, except on acidsoil, is Kentucky blue grass. This does not fully mature until thethird year. It is better, therefore, to use Kentucky blue grass in amixture. Other grasses such as redtop and the creeping bents willproduce a quicker effect and will keep out the weeds until the blue grassis fully established. Kentucky blue grass during the first year growsthinly, and continues to become thicker with successive mowings.When it is fully established it will crowd out some of the less per-manent grasses in the mixture. The ideal lawn is one composedmostly of blue grass and it is also the most difficult to establish.Many people who wish to develop a good lawn in a short space oftime resort to the use of a considerable portion of white clover. Cloveris of no real value in the making of a fine lawn other than that it helpsto produce a quick effect, thereby crowding out many early weeds, andthat it produces a soft carpet effect with little difficulty, where theprocess of establishing a permanent lawn of blue grass might be slow. |
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