A correspondent at Staunton, Virginia asks: " What is the best lawn treatment? Is there anything better than Agrostis stolonifera to mix with our common Blue Grass for a lawn ?"

[There is no benefit in any lawn mixture. If you sow a dozen kinds together, in a few years there will be only one kind left, because the one that is best suited to the soil will crowd out all the rest. If the soil is damp, stiff, or clayey, sow the Agrostis; but as we remember the soil of Staunton generally, we should incline to sow Blue Grass pure and unadulterated. - Ed. G. M].