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| Material Type: | Book |
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| Monographic Corporate Author(s): | Sutton's of Reading |
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| Monograph Title: | Lawns and Sports Grounds, 1948. |
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| Publishing Information: | Reading, England, United Kingdom: Sutton & Sons Ltd. |
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| Edition: | Sixteenth |
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| # of Pages: | 80 |
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| Collation: | 80 pp. |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Lawn turf; Establishment
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| Abstract/Contents: | Includes: Lawns (New Lawns (General Considerations; Turf; and Seeds); Soil (Sandy Soils; Heathland (Sandy or Silty Peat); Loam Soils; Clay Soils; and Chalk Soils); Drainage; Preparatory Work (Levelling; Top Soil; Imported Soil; Manuring; Lime; Earthworms; Surface Drainage; Cleaning the Ground; and Final Preparation); Sowing (Quantity of Seed; Sowing Times; Methods of Sowing; and Bird Scares); Selection of Seeds (Seed Mixtures; Fescues; Bent Grasses (Agrostis spp.); Smooth-Stalked Meadow Grass; Rough-Stalked Meadow Grass; Wood Meadow Grass; Crested Dogstail; Perennial Rye Grass; Clovers; and Yarrow); Treatment of Young Grass (Worm Casts; Watering; Fertilising; Rolling; Mowing; Weeds; Surface Depressions; Time Required for Development; and Possible Causes of Failure); Laying Turf; and General Upkeep (Mowing; Rolling; Aeration; Depressions; and Watering)); and Lawns and Sports Grounds (Top-Dressing (How to Manure a Lawn; Sulphate of Ammonia; Ash; Soot; Poultry Manure; Sulphate of Iron; Sharp Sand; Coke Breeze; Charcoal; Compost; and Lime); The Destruction of Weeds (Buttercup; Cat's-Ear; Celandine; Clover; Daisy (Common); Dandelion; Hawkbit; Mouse-Ear Chickweed; Mouse-Ear Hawkweed; Parsley Piert; Pearlwort; Plantain; Sea Milkwort and Sea Pink; Self-Heal; Sorrel; Woodrush; Yarrow; Coarse Grasses; Annual Meadow Grass; Annual Weeds; Bindweed or Convolvulus; and Couch Grass); Turf Pests (Worms; Leather-Jackets; Bibio Grubs; Chafer Grubs; Ants; and Moles); The Diseases of Turf (Corticium Disease; Damping-Off; Fairy Rings; Fusarium Patch; Lichens; Summer Rust; and Discoloration); Shaded Lawns; Improvement of Poor Turf (Moss); Cricket Grounds; Football and Hockey Grounds; Bowling Greens (Construction); and The Upkeep of Bowling Greens); Plan of Tennis Court; Plans of Croquet Lawns; Plan of Association Football Ground; Plan of Rugby Football Ground; and Plan of Hockey Ground). |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| 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 |
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| Note: | Includes advertisements after p. 76
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| Annotation from Turfgrass History and Literature: Lawns, Sports, and Golf, by James B Beard, Harriet J. Beard and James C Beard: | "An interesting, well-prepared handbook on the establishment and culture of turfgrasses in England. It is a major revision of the 1937 edition. It contains new chapters on the culture of turfgrasses for shaded lawns, cricket grounds, rugby fields, soccer fields, hockey fields, and bowling greens. The photographs are good for the 1940s. There are drawings for six sports layouts in the back. A procedure for correcting soil compaction in 1948 in England is presented in the following:
Not only is the surface of turf liable to become hidebound, but the underlying soil also may be so consolidated that beneficial elements cannot penetrate: this is especially the case with areas used for games. It is therefore desirable that lawns should be deeply pricked from time to time. This process allows air and water to penetrate evenly and improves surface drainage; plant food is carried to a greater depth and deeper root formation is encouraged. These factors naturally increase drought resistance. This aeration can be most conveniently effected by the use of a fork with either hollow or solid tines, or by one of the special machines made for the purpose. On most soils it should be sufficient if the operation is carried out with hollow tines once every couple of years, alternating with solid tining. A fork with solid tines is sometimes very beneficial in cases where specially deep piercing is needed. The use of a solid tine machine may with advantage be repeated several times in the course of a year, when there is sufficient moisture in the soil." p. 352-353 |
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| Beard Section Heading: | Bibliography of books/monographs on turfgrass culture |
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| 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. |
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Annotation from
Golf Course Design,
by Geoffrey S. Cornish and Michael J. Hurdzan: | "No mention of golf but an interesting look at post World War II turf care and tools." p. 125 |
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| Cornish & Hurdzan Ratings: | M2; H3 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Sutton's of Reading. 1948. Lawns and Sports Grounds. Sixteenth. ed. 80 pp. Reading, England, United Kingdom: Sutton & Sons Ltd. |
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