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Web URL(s): | http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112019293957;num=1;seq=1;view=1up Last checked: 10/15/2012 Requires: PDF Reader |
Material Type: | Booklet |
Monographic Author(s): | Corbett, L. C. |
Author Affiliation: | Horticulturalist, Arlington Experimental Farm, Bureau of Plant Industry |
Monograph Title: | The Lawn, 1906. |
Publishing Information: | Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture |
# of Pages: | 20 |
Collation: | 20 pp. |
Series: | United States Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 248 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Lawn turf; Establishment; Landscaping; Landscape design; Landscape; Metam-sodium; Mesocotyl; Fertilizers; Seeds
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Abstract/Contents: | Includes: Introduction; General Characteristics of Lawns; The Soil (Grading; and Preparation of the Soil); Fertilizers; Grasses Adapted to Lawn Making; Seed; Establishing a Lawn (Terraces and Banks; When To Plant a Lawn; and Maintenance of a Lawn); Relation of Walks and Drives to the Greensward; and Relation of Trees and Shrubs to a Lawn. |
Library of Congress Subject Headings: | Lawns |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
See Also: | See also later edition, Lawn Soils and Lawns, 1912, R=108868. R=108868
See also later edition, Lawn Soils and Lawns, 1917, R=223229. R=223229 |
Note: | Pictures, b/w Figures Reproduction: Microfiche. [Bethesda, Md.]: Congressional Information Service, 1993. 11 x 15 cm. (CIS US Executive Branch Documents, 1789-1909: no. A109-248.D) |
Annotation from Turfgrass History and Literature: Lawns, Sports, and Golf, by James B Beard, Harriet J. Beard and James C Beard: | "A very rare booklet on the site preparation and establishment of lawns in the United States, with a short section on lawn care in the back. It is oriented to the lawn enthusiasts. This bulletin is a must for collectors of historical turfgrass books. This booklet is one of the earliest in the United States." p. 199 |
Beard Section Heading: | Bibliography of books/monographs on turfgrass culture |
Beard Rarity Statement: | Very rare |
Beard Special Note: | Identified by James B Beard in Turfgrass History and Literature: Lawns, Sports, and Golf (2014) as being old and rare based on his experience. |
Quotable quotes | "The greensward is the canvas upon which all architectural and landscape effects are produced." p. 5 q "Rich rugs and carpets do not give the elastic spring that the well-made and well-kept greensward yields" p. 5 |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Corbett, L. C. 1906. The Lawn. 20 pp. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture. |
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