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110 TURF FOR GOLF COURSES Red Fescue (Festuca rubra). - A glabrous perennial with creeping rootstocks; leaves numerous, bristle- , FIG. 19. -Creeping Bent (Agrostis stolonifera), showing ligule and leaf-tip. like, dark green; sheaths becoming brown and papery; ligule short, acute. Red Fescue may be distinguished at once from other bristle-leaved fescues by its creeping rootstocks. Fine-leaved Fescue (Festuca capil- lata). - Perennial, glabrous, <strong>for</strong>ming small dense circular tufts; blades very numerous, bristle-like, dark green. Distinguish- able from Red Fescue by the absence' of rootstocks, and when in bloom by lacking awns to the flowers. Sheep's Fescue (Festuca ornna). - A perennial, glabrous grass growing in small circular tufts; . leaves very numerous, i •• : bristle-like, stiff, sharp- pointed, pale bluish green; old sheaths per- .. d FIG.20.-Sheep'sFescue(Futucamnna), Slsttng as ark fibers; showing c:tOlIs-sectionof leaf-blade, and r I h blunt appenda~' at tip of aheath both 19u every sort, mem- on basal and on atem leaves. branous; auricles blunt. (Fig. zo.)
HOW TO DISTINGUISH KINDS OF TURF III Sheep's Fescue may be distinguished from all other common grasses by its stiff, bristly leaves and pale bluish green color. Meadow Fescue (Festuca elatior). - A perennial, glabrous, tufted grass; leaf-blades convolute in bud, taper- ing at tip, shiny beneath, rough on the margins and with the nerves prominent on the upper surface; ligule short; upper angles' of the sheath each bearing a sharp append- age. (Fig. 21.) Most likely to be confused with FIG. 22. - Bermuda-grass (CyflOdoll dactyI01l), showing the leaf-tip and the long hairs that replace the ligule. FIG. 21. - Meadow Fescue (FntUl:1I tllltior), showing short ligule, sharp appendages, and tip of leaf. blade. the rye grasses, but easily distinguishable by the sharp- pointed appendages on the sheath. Bermuda-grass (Cynodon dactylon). - Perennial, with both rootstocks and stolons, dark bluish green; blades soft, flat; sheaths compressed, sparsely hairy; ligule a fringe' of short hairs; rootstocks thick and white. (Fig. 22.) The rootstocks and ligules of Bermuda-grass are characteristic.
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TURF FOR GOLF COURSES
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FOR GOLF TURF BY CHARLES V. PIPER A
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PREFACE THE remarkable development
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CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGES I. GENERAL V
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CONTENTS IX CHAPTaR PAGBS XIII. TUR
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xvi PLATE PLATES PACING PAGE VII. T
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THE following pages contain adverti
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The Mystery of Golf By ARNOLD HAULT
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Handbook of Athletic Games By JESSI
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TURF FOR GOLF COURSES CHAPTER I GEN
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GENERAL VIEW in midsummer, but it a
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GENERAL VIEW 5 It is a very difficu
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GENERAL VIEW 7 Other northern turf
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GENERAL VIEW 9 grass in the North w
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SOILS FOR TURF GRASSES I I Most gol
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SOILS FOR TURF GRASSES 13 forming m
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SOILS FOR TURF GRASSES 15 are organ
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SOILS FOR TURF GRASSES 17 of good s
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SOILS FOR TURF GRASSES 19 peat. A s
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SOILS FOR TURF GRASSES 2 I most sat
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SOILS FOR TURF GRASSES 23 classifie
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SOILS FOR TURF GRASSES 2S condition
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SOILS FOR TURF GRASSES 27 While goo
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FERTILIZERS barnyard manure is an e
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FERTILIZERS 3 1 bone before grindin
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FERTILIZERS 33 worked into the turf
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FERTILIZERS 35 13 per cent of nitro
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FERTILIZERS 37 result of the format
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FERTILIZERS 39 The good commercial
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FERTILIZERS prevail in the minds of
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MANURES AND COMPOSTS 43 on putting-
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MANURES AND COMPOSTS 45 ment from t
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MANURES AND COMPOSTS 47 vegetable m
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MANURES AND COMPOSTS 49 occurs natu
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MANURES AND COMPOSTS 51 quality, bu
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CHAPTER V LIME AND ITs USE THE grea
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LIME AND ITS USE 55 three are the m
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CHAPTER VI THE IMPORTANT TURF PLANT
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THE IMPORTANT TURF PLANTS 59 Blue-g
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THE MAKING OF THE TURF ISI price, a
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Blue-grass IS rarely used on THE MA
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SUBSEQUENT CARE 155 both soil and c
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SUBSEQUENT CARE 157 Two, or possibl
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SUBSEQUENT CARE [59 no manure or ot
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SUBSEQUENT CARE 161 lar belief that
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SUBSEQUENT CARE IS helpful. Heavy w
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SUBSEQUENT CARE Reseeding in the sp
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SUBSEQUENT CARE not recognized unti
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CHAPTER XI WEEDS AND THEIR CONTROL
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WEEDS AND THEIR CONTROL 171 Common
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WEEDS AND THEIR CONTROL 173 spontan
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WEEDS AND THEIR CONTROL 175 acid. S
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WEEDS AND THEIR CONTROL 177 by this
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WEEDS AND THEIR CONTROL 179 occasio
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WEEDS AND THEIR CONTROL 18[ Pigeon-
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WEEDS AND THEIR CONTROL 183 (Plate
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CHAPTER XII ANIMAL PESTS INSECTS an
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ANIMAL PESTS not properly treated,
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ANIMAL PESTS anything of this sort,
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ANIMAL PESTS 191 to be treated. The
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ANIMAL PESTS 193 Earthworms prefer
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ANIMAL PESTS 195 Liquids, when spra
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ANIMAL PESTS blesome in soil that h
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ANIMAL PESTS 199 CRAWFISH On poorly
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TURF MACHINERY 201 In the illustrat
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TURF MACHINERY 203 A preliminary li
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TURF MACHINERY 205 easily, cut the
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CHAPTER XV PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AMO
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PERSONAL EXPERIENCES 225 night abso
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PERSONAL EXPERIENCES 227 artd he re
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PERSONAL EXPERIENCES 229 would dig
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PERSONAL EXPERIENCES 23 I construct
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PERSONAL EXPERIENCES 233 at all in
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PERSONAL EXPERIENCES 235 inch deep,
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PERSONAL EXPERIENCES 237 an interes
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PERSONAL EXPERIENCES 239 in a very
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PERSONAL EXPERIENCES 241 slightly c
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PERSONAL EXPERIENCES 243 greens, th
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PERSONAL EXPERIENCES 245 putting-gr
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PERSONAL EXPERIENCES 247 ing. Carel
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25 2 TURF FOR GOLF COURSES Chewings
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256 TURF FOR GOLF COURSES thing els
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260 INDEX Loam, 17. silt, 10. Loliu
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262 INDEX Soda, nitrate of, 35-37,
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