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Material Type: | Book |
Monographic Corporate Author(s): | Sutton & Sons |
Monograph Title: | Garden Lawns, Tennis Lawns, Bowling Greens, Putting Greens, Cricket Grounds, 1902. |
Publishing Information: | London, England, United Kingdom: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. LTD. |
# of Pages: | 42 |
Collation: | 36 pp., [6] plates |
Abstract/Contents: | Includes: Lawns (Introduction; Grass Slopes; Drainage; Preparatory Work; Weed Seed in Soil; Enriching the Soil; Surface Preparation; Selection of Seeds; Quantity of Seed; Sowing; Worm Casts; Water and Shade; Bird Scares; Mowing; Rolling; Destruction of Weeds; Improving Lawns; and Moss in Lawns); Putting Greens; and Cricket Grounds. |
Library of Congress Subject Headings: | Lawns; Turf management |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
See Also: | See also the other 16 editions of this work, search as MCODE=LSPGR in Power Search to isolate these as a set, or: see records related to LSPGR |
Note: | Cover title: Lawns Includes advertisements after p. 36 Pictures, b/w |
Annotation from Turfgrass History and Literature: Lawns, Sports, and Golf, by James B Beard, Harriet J. Beard and James C Beard: | "A very rare, small book concerning the seed establishment and early culture of lawns plus short sections on putting greens and cricket grounds." p. 350 |
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 | "There is also a difficulty as to mowing [on grass slopes]. If the grass cannot be cut by machine or scythe, it has to be kept close mainly by the use of shears, and a wearisome business it is." p. 9 |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Sutton & Sons. 1902. Garden Lawns, Tennis Lawns, Bowling Greens, Putting Greens, Cricket Grounds. 36 pp., [6] plates. London, England, United Kingdom: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. LTD. |
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