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Title: The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year ..
Year: 1855 (1850s)
Authors: Thomas, J. J. (John Jacob)
Subjects: Agriculture Agriculture Almanacs, American
Publisher: Albany, N.Y. : Luther Tucker
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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banks. Theislands with their covering, served to diversify and conceal the bounda-ries of the lake, and impart magnitude, as trees alone perform the sameoffice in an enclosed lawn by hiding the exterior. The house was builton a bank above the level of the water, towards which the lawn graduallysloped, and the lake formed a characteristic foreground to the somewhatlevel country beyond, terminated by blue hills fifteen miles distant. Various Details. Lawns.—The dry summers of this country preclude the greenness andfreshne-ss of the perfect lawns of England; but by deepening and enrich-ing the soil to cause a free growth of the grass throughout the season, agreat improvement may be made. In providing a lawn, therefore, the We are iiKlebtod lo the liberality of John Wiley, for cuts of several of A. O. Jeuing aud the plans in Kemps a(lmiral)le Treatise on Landncape Gardening, and toMooiiK cfc Co. for Kiveral ligurcs of trees from Downings Landscape GardeuiiLoiid(;ns Aritoretuni. ?»=-^=-
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--=^3^ ■^^^s® 244 ILLUSTRATED ANNUAL REGISTER first thing is to prepare the soil by trenching or subsoiling, Avith theaddition of fine, pulverized manure, equally mixed throu^^hout. It is ofgreat importance that the manure should be very evenly applied, as darkand light spots occasioned by its irregular application, destroy the beautyof a piece of grass. The seed should be sown at the rate of at least twoor three bushels per acre—otherwise a fine close velvet turf cannot besecured. White clover and red-top are an excellent mixture, and thegrass continues green through the summer—and to this mixture a portionof the English lawn grasses may be added, if within reach at the seedstores. Never seed down a lawn in connection with a grain crop, butsow alone, early in spring, and roll the surface, which will coverthe seed if the ground is previously fine and mellow. It is scarcelynecessary to urge tlie impoitance of a perfectly even surface, freefrom knobs or furrows. This remark does

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