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| Material Type: | Book |
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| Monographic Author(s): | Arthur, Guy B. |
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| Monograph Title: | Lawns, 1940. |
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| Publishing Information: | Washington, D.C.: Civilian Conservation Corps |
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| # of Pages: | 83 |
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| Collation: | 83 pp. |
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| Series: | Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.). Project Training Series No. 14. |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Lawn turf; Turfgrasses; Weeds; Weed profile; Herbicides; Weed biotypes; Weed control; Weed identification; Weed invasion; Weed resistance; Weed surveys
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Subject Headings: | Lawns -- Turfgrasses; Lawns -- Weed Control |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | Unknown |
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| Note: | "First edition, mimeographed, February 1940, Multilithed September 1940"
"Reviewed and approved by the Department of Agriculture for use in all its camps"
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| Quotable quotes | "LAWNS: Few subjects touch as many of the activities of the Department of the Interior as this one. Yet it requires courage to attempt a new book about it. So much has already been written that another book would seem unnecessary, -- until we see how broad the application must be for our departmental use, in point of temperature, rainfall, and use." p. [ii]
"No book, not even this one, will make a lawn. "Of making books there is no end", is an ancient saying widely quoted, and many a lawn has come to an untimely end because it was build with a book instead of a thorough understanding of the conditions in which it has to live." p. 1
"Another dispute rages around the disposition of lawn clippings. The argument against leaving them as they fall is that they scorch under the hot sun, and that this heat hurts the grass in contact with them....Akin to this claim is the one that decaying clippings make a soil acid......In any case, throw away the grass catcher. Let the clippings fall where they may. Rake them down if necessary and let them make humus, which is the end of all vegetation. It is a grand thing to have this constant building of soil, even on lawns." p. 84
"The best way to maintain a lawn is to expect it to be natural and keep it under control. If it is allowed a normal existence it will take care of itself in all ordinary conditions, just as we do in our daily living, and in emergencies or catastrophes or plague visitations it may need some help -- just as we do. It is no less natural than a field of cotton or any orchard of prunes. If it is kept on that basis, it will be a pretty good lawn." p. 88 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Arthur, Guy B. 1940. Lawns. 83 pp. Washington, D.C.: Civilian Conservation Corps. |
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