Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 2 Apr 1936, p. 60

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lookOb. as. Tis. Food Jft m.IFq MUa opi G;rowad Thawed? Feed ýLaWn Now es a 00 fTat is ao f glu.grnd. cauv mii nt hen, Plaiu. t g ueea compai quarter. ore ho an avenue, hie bead- 9AKIING GREEN LAWNS. GREENER An.artist, with>aI of the green 'paint he bas at-bis disposa!, ciannot make a more striking change on bis canvias than you, as a home. owner, can make in the. appearance' of, your lawn. This can be done so easily, and with suicb distinct resultp that the astonishing thing is not that there are so many beauiful lawns on:the north shore,. but. that so many are faded, thin, and unattractive. One of the principal factors 'in developing. the 'greatest beauty of yo4r liwn is its proper feeding, with maximum emphasis- placet! on the word ProPer. - our reward for proper feeding will be a lawn which wiII become green earlier in the spring, wilI stay greener througbout the summer ini spite of intense heat and prolonged drought, wilI stay green mucb Iate~r in the fa!!, and in winter will not develop the extreme degree of brownness characteristic of improperly nourished grass. Als P the turf of the lawn wilI becom'ë noticeably denser.ahd>more luxuriant agint picloe up and con topped by vcry cold wt I Mr. Nolan's rernarks were co n,- a startent rçgaraing -the meeting. ltewTur I. ~t@ ii* "Re stressed the daner of placin Wbe th grss s rowng apilythis township under the domination it is producn e ot and is also and control of any poiti..al machine. "sàtooling" out or spreding, produc- Hie went on to say that 'jr is a simple ing several new plants. where only One. and, elementr conclusion that a grew before. It is this that produces :candidate, afliated with and sup. turf and maltes the lawni.denser and ported by any political machine, if more durable. Therefore, to get. the elected, would be under thte complèe maximum benefit from the" feedni oination and control o the mea- the lawn an application of plant fo od chin iiguhsppr,* almt shotald be Made now during the early ters dealitig- with tbeé tff airs of the part of thae spring. town3hip, and that New Trier town- lt is not sufficient to apply merely' ship,- being -hitherto frec from any any food or fertilizing material,,or to such interference, no présents .a fee wabou du cnsieraionto hevery désirable field for, political soi! and other growth conditions plunder?.' existing. The lawn food should con- The meeting was conducted by Ed- tain nitrogen, phosphorus'.and ptas wrd J. Devlin, many yeairs a resi- situm in such prprions that it.will -dent, of Wilmette. produce balancdgot hs A danief'ollowed themti. specific plants which differ frqm Mlost other plants in tlhir requirements. It Prorninent Ghurch Worker must contain an abundance of soluble De tH m rmSrk food material as weîî as some organic Dc tH m rmSrk material in which the food elements M,.Mt .Ptrewode are ore8lowy aailale.at her. home, 310 Park avenue,ý on Us. Balanc.d Food&s Wednesday, March 18, had been'il!, Most balanced lawn foods should for about a week, suffering fromi the be applied at the rate of fromn 25 to 35 effects of strokes. pounds per 1,000 square feet. This Mrs. Petersen, who was 48 years amnount wili feed the grass during the old, was born near Hamburg, Ger- spring months when it is most many, and came to the United States needed. Ordinarily, lawns need flot about 26 years ago. She had lived ini * Muet Regut. Dlt. The proper feeding of the lawn is based upon one very important prin- ciple, that an abundance of food must be mnade available to the grass during the periods of the year wben it* is making maximum growth. This principle is identical with that we fol- low in controlling our own diets. *Wben we are working hard and are very active, we eat more; when we are idle and are resting, we must curb our. eating or become overfed and urass isaaea areas may easaly be iijured if fed during the .hot summer. The second feeding of the lawn sbouid be miade in the early fa!!, as soon as the weather turns cool., The- quantity of food applied at this time may be decreased to some extent, -but fail feeding is very important in pro- ducinig a beautiful lawn. EasterPFlower Shows the Children's çircle.' She is survived, by ber busband, Charles R., by a daughter, Mar-, guerite, and by ber mother and four sisters whoreside in Oermany. Fu-. neral services ýwere held at St. John', with the Rev.. J. :H. Gockel oficiat- ing.- Interment was at Memùorial Park cemietery. i'uso a free lecture guide service is available for groups of interested per- sonR. Reservations may be made by calling Van Buren 81(», office of the chief horticulturist. ail -eee., food

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