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Summer Flowering
BULBS
Easy to grow
Most Attractive for
Borders or Massing
The Nebraska Seed Co.
Douglas 1261 1613 Howard Street
Last Call for Nursery Slock From Holland
Jost Received and Will Be' Sold at X.ess Than One-Xalf Trie:
Kontor Grafter Blue tipruce 91. BO
Manflnrcl Tea Roses 76o
Pahy Ramblers (bloom all summer). 3 for $1.00
Other Kohpb a So to 60o
General assortment of nursery stock always on hond.
GATE CITY NURSERY, 1218 DODGE ST.
. "lUThe Making of a Lawn iftl !'
The elements that enter Into the development of a good lawn
are simple and easily understood, but are none the less Important
on that account. The failure to obtain good lawns arlstj from
the fact that the soil is not of the proper kind or has not been
carefully prepared, or that the wrong kind of grass seed has been
used. Only soil which remainB reasonably moist throughout tho
growing season will maintain a good lawn.' Hard, dry, gravelly
soil may produce a little green- grass during the early part of the
season, but it quickly turns brown in the middle of the summer.
The best soil for lawns is a deep, porous clay loam. This shou'd
be plowed to a depth of a foot if possible and cultivated and
graded until it is brought down to the proper slope or level. If
It ia necessary to do any large amount of grading in order to
obtain the proper contour, care must be given to a natural ap
pearance.. . t
A lawn surface should not have the appearance of being put
. into place by artificial grading. All of its undulations, if there
are, any, should be easy and natural flowing lines, such as 0111
finds in the land surfaces of a natural landscape. .
j: ' It is a great mistake td sow the grass seed-before the grad
ing has been very carefully done and the ground put into the best
possible condition for sowing the seed. It must be remembered
that it is practically Impossible to do anything In the way of im
proving the outline of the surface after the grass is once seeded.
As freshly graded soil settles unevenly, it Is well to give it plenty
of time no that the final surface will not be full of Irregularities.
' If grading is done late in the fall, it is sure to develop irregulari
ties during the winter and H. will require some additional surfao
. ing to get the lawn Into proper shape in the spring. The best
tools for this purpose are the disc, acme harrow, split-log drag
and a plank drag for the final smoothing. If the soil is too
heavy to get a good seed bed, as is often the case around a build
ing where excavations have been made, it becomes necessary to
cover the ground over with two or three inches of fine surface
soil.
The grass can be seeded during the latter part of October,
- after there is no chance of its germinating, or else as early in tho
. spring as the ground can be gotten into shape. In order to keep
down the growth of weeds' it will be necessary to use a much
greater amount of grass seed than is used in seeding field crops.
The amount seeded per acre is usually about sixty pounds of such
varieties as the Red lop and Kentucky blue grass. A somewhat
heavier, seeding than this will give equally as good, if not better,
results. For general lawn purposes we consider a mixture or
Blue grass and Red Top as good as anything that can be used.
Where the lawn cannot be watered from the first, it is well to pu:
in a generous sprinkling of timothy. For an acre of ground one
would want in this case twenty-five or thirty pounds each of blue
grass and Red Top and about six pounds of timothy. White
clover can also be added if one desires. It is common practice
to sow the seed broadcast and drag it In by going over the ground
two or three times so that the seed will be thoroughly incorpor
ated with the soil. After this the ground, should be rolled so as
to hasten germination. If there ia danger of the soil drifting it
can be covered with straw or fresh, strawy manure after seeding.
This should be removed just as soon as the seed begins to germi
nate. It frequently happens that the first year's stand is not good
over the entire area; there will be thin patches and one will be
tempted to plow it up and start over again. It is much better in
this case to simply rake in more grass seed in the early fall or
late in the spring, and keep this up until It has a good turf over
the whole surface.
The question often comes up whether or not to start tamo
grass upon the native prairie sod. This can be done very readily,
and if the native sod has about the right elevation and the biota
- of the required lawn-. It should not be disturbed. Instead bin
grass seed should be scattered over the surface in the fall and at
the same time about one Inch of good garden soil applied, raklr.-?
it down with the back of the rake. The blue grass will start
here and there and eventually will take possession of the entlri
lawn, as all of the turf-making grasses will sooner or later drive
out the bunch grasses. It is not advisable to clip the grass too
soon the first season, nor to keep it cut too Bhort. Unless one is
very particular about the appearance of his lawn, U is Just as weU
to leave the first year's seeding without any cutting at all. ThU
will strengthen the grass and will tend to keep annual weeds from
starting.
. Walks in the lawn should be so arranged so there will be no
temptation to tramp across the lawn. It is impossible for a lawn
to have a rich, neat appearance if there are bare spots here and
there across the surface.
It is quite Important to have a. good lawn In the back yard
as in the front. Because of the temptation to tramp promiscu
. ously over the back yard and let It run insensibly In the barnyard.
Save Money --But Get Quality
.,..'lor!una,'ly w. rrved too much nursery Mock for the local trade, thin erring We are
Mill offering a complete line of Trees. Shrubs and Plants. iwtli Krultlna and Ornamental. It
must he disposed of. no matter what the loss; our prices will barely cover the cost of dlagln
and handling.
iW-J UT ATOTTOflTTMl;. T
MIKE KAY QUALITY TREES. IIBUBS AID PLANTS AT A SACRXTICX
OU X.OSI YOVB OAIM TAKE ADYARTAOB Or THE BALE.
Come whera you have an assortment of stock to select from; hundreds of different vari
eties, kvery tree, or plant la true to name; ma guarantee it. Thla stock won t lust Inn,
come early.
STiaron cam axtoed to plant oood teem at these pkicee.
?"iB!a'- "-3 Tr- ' I TEACH TB.TT9. t yra. aid ..loo to lo each
i ' Trm- 01a ..100 to soo e PLUM TREES, t yra. old ISo to 36o eaoli
early all standard varieties of the above. I
CHERRY TREES, 8-3 yra. old..lo to SOO aaob
Ornamental Trees. Ehrnba mi, I n.c
deliveries will ha made. Mall orders will be lillcd. If sccompanled by caj
xnass rrtoes do Hot Affect Orders Previously Entered
Km It riants at correspondingly low prices. No
n in run.
Meneray-Omaha Nursery Co.
433 State Dank Dldg., Omaha
SALES GROUNDS 20th and Farnam Sts.. Omaha.
3101.3147 Avenue A. Council Bluffs
EVERYMAN'S GARDEN
Putting the Homo Grounds Into Shape for the Summer.
From tho Country Gentleman.
The blocks, after hardening tor forty-eight hours, should
be stacked up and allowed to ripen for a while before being
used. These stones or blocks are set about flush with th
grass, which may grow slightly over the edges. They look
well, furnish a good footing, and the lawn mower will pars
over them.
Tor short walks bricks, preferably set on edge, may be usel
with very satisfactory results. Have the surface upon wbtcU
you lay them loosened so that they can be pounded down into
it with a wooden mallet.
Th construction of roads Is a more difficult task and one
that must be thoroughly done. An ordinary dirt road, unless
it Is naturally high and dry, should be drained, preferably
under ground along oris or both curves. Under ordinary con
ditions common drain tile may be put in and will give satisfac
tory results. The surfaces of all roads, and walks, too, should
be slightly convex so that rain will run off rapidly to one side.
Roads or gutters on steep grades, or on light soils that art
likely to wash badly, should be protected by cobbling.
Steep slopes, especially near the house, should be graded
and kept in a good, firm sod if there is any tendency to wash.
Terraces sre frequently used, but banks graded to even curves
usually look better and are much easier to care for. Step
slopes are often difficult to seed in the ordinary way becauso
every rain or wind may do considerable damage before a sod
is formed. In such cases sodding or turfing must be resorted
to. Sometimes a combination of sodding and seeding may be
used. This is accomplished by laying the sod In strips crossing
at right angles, and heavily seeding the intervening spaces. n
uselng this method it is essential to keep the ground from dry
ing out until the sod becomes established. For very steop
grades and banks where sod put on in the usual way will no',
stick, start at the bottom of the bank and lay the sod in tlyr.
with the edge of each tier two inches or so back of the edge of
the tier below it. Beat the surface as smooth as possible with
a spade as soon as the sod Is in place, and keep well watered
until a new surface is formed.
(Continued Next Sunday)
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Wire and Iron Fences and Gates
for Lawn, Garden and Poultry Yards.
J Trellises for Vines and Roses. Grape
fVrbors. rlower Dorders.
Clothe I'ohtN
Iron and Wire
. Window Guards
Screen Door (iuarila
(Send for Catalogue
Wire Arche
Hummer JIouncs
C'luilrs and Hcttoes
Trc and Flower tiiuirda
IjAMd Vases
CHAMPION IRON U WIRE WORKS, 15th and Jackion. Tel. Doug. 1590
there la often need of a
better stand of trass In
that pime The farmyard
should be cut off from the
dooryard and the part to
ward the ho.isa should he.
provided with sufficient
walks so there will be no
necessity of keeplnc the
lawn tramied to death.
LILY OF THE VALLEY PLANTS
12 for 50c 20 for 3 l.OO Prepaid.
Will ponltlTely bloota aorwber la the Called States six weeks after planting. The
wcetcst flower that (rows. Kvery plaol suarautaad to bloom. Will replace any
that tail. U plsnia tor 60u-'tflur l.o All charges prepaid.
PRFF Three swwt-mellin( Vtnleta with e h II 00 orderI7II717
s . will bloom In four yard now. Ordsrs ollvd promptly.
BEN. S. WE3THE1MEK. 133 SOUTH THIRD STREET. ST. JOSEPH. MO.
LANTINI
IS HERE
and you of course are going
to have a garden. Be as
sured from the start that it
will be a success by
Planting Our
Seeds
DANDELIONS
Can be killed by spraying
with SULPHATE OF IRON
without injuring your lawn.
STEWART'S
SEED STORE
119 North lth M.
Onpowlt rostofflce.
riion Douglas 077.
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The Homo Beautiful
Is the on that Is aurrounded by our hlh srada aver bloomln
shrubs.
Dyrd's Shrubbery. Trees and
; Hedge Always Grow ,
Let our landscape archlttot help you In tha rraiiemeiit
of your around (ins prlns.
M. P.BYRD NURSERY CO.
lTtk sad Dodrs Back of Hardea's Store. Vhoae Doasr. 44S.
LAST CALL
Tin maple an I poplar trees,
I-lnch, sach tl.oO
Catalps, speclosa and white
ash. I-inch TBe
IVi-lnch . , ,,,.11.00
I-lnch S2-00
Sycamore and aim. I-lnoh tl.SS
to IH-lnch SI. 80
W-lnoh extra la.OO
Apple trees, Including all tha
choice varieties, bis eoed.ls
I to 4-fest s
Larae stock shrubs and rosea.
Nursery and Hnlewground 61st and RIkks 6t.
nenion-.inaha Balesfcrouud 24th and Oumlng,
Ppolt fire bam.
Benson-Omaha Nurseries
BENSON, NEB
Phone Ilenson 534.
P. J. FLYNN, Proprietor
Cyclone Sanitary Lawn Fence
is tha hls-heat srada fenoe on
th market heavier, strong,
er and closer spaced than any
other. Complete, erected on
wood post, 26 cants per lineal
foot and up.
We carry a full Una of wire
ana Iron fences and sates,
trellises for roses and vines,
flower bed borders. fence
stava, carbo steel poata for
field fenilna. Come In and
aea tha line and set our low
orlces. Send for cstalorue..
ANCHOR FENCE CO.
007 Worth 17th at. r&oae Bed S14.
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NOW IS THE TIME
TO PLAN YOUR
Back Yard Garden
This page will tell
you how to do it
and where to buy
Seeds, Shrubbery Eh
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