Turf for Golf Courses - Msu

84 TURF FOR GOLF COURSES
compact soils such as clays and clay loams. Ber-
muda-grass is also much favored by the presence
of lime; a fact
particularly
noticeable along
the edges of
shell roads.
In general,
Bermuda is not
abundant on the
sandy coastal
soils of the
South, Carpet-
grass replacing
it in large meas-
ure. There is
reason to be-
lieve, however,
that the use of
lime would
greatly increase
FIG. 9. - Bennu~a-gras8 (Cynod01l dactylon): a, its val u eon
spdtelet; b, floret.
such soils.
For ordinary lawn d f .
• s an aIrways Bermuda-grass
ISmost excellent during summer, but it turns brown