This N E W S L E T T E R is published monthly by t h e Greenkeepers Club of New E n g l a n d , and sent f r e e to its members and t h e i r Greens' C h a i r m e n . Subscription price t e n cents a copy, or a dollar a year. G U Y C. W E S T ....... Editor 312 M t . P l e a s a n t St., F a l l R i v e r , M a s s . MARSTON B U R N E T T Business Mgr. 330 W a l t h a m St., W e s t N e w t o n , J a n u a r y , 1932 Mass. Vol. 4, No. 1 " N a t u r e knows no p a u s e in p r o g r e s s and development, and a t t a c h e s her curse on all inaction." Goethe H e n r y F o r d h a s said, " W e a r e never satisfied w i t h t h e way t h a t e v e r y t h i n g is done in a n y p a r t of t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n ; we always t h i n k it o u g h t to be done better and t h a t eventually it will be done b e t t e r " . In t h i s y e a r of 1932, now w i t h us, w h a t b e t t e r New Y e a r ' s resolution can we m a k e t h a n to t r y to better t h e v a r i o u s methods and phases of golf course m a i n t e n a n c e , to strive to save in t i m e and money, to p e r f e c t our work as f a r as possible, so t h a t w h e n the y e a r h a s passed, we shall know t h a t we and our courses have shown p r o g r e s s ? The A n n u a l Golf Show and Convention of t h e N a t i o n a l Association of Greenkeepers will be held in N e w York City, J a n u a r y 19-22. This will probably be t h e only convention so close to New E n g l a n d f o r some y e a r s , and every greenkeeper shotild a t t e n d if possible, i t would p a y every club to send t h e i r greenlceeper to this convention, to sea t h e new equipment exhibited, to listen to t h e fine speakers, t o h e a r a n d t a k e p a r t in the m a n y discussions on all phases of golf course m a i n t e n a n c e . He will come back f r o m t h i s convention w o r t h m o r e t o his club, and will be bett e r p r e p a r e d to f a c e t h e coming season w i t h confidence. Due to some clubs being forced to curtail their expenditures very drastically, t h e r e a r e some very fine greenkeepers who a r e unplaced as y e t f o r t h e 1932 season. All clubs who need greenkeepers should communicate w i t h t h e E m p l o y m e n t Committee of t h e Greenkeepers Club a t once. "OH YES! I GUESS ENOUGH TO THERE'S DO" Now t h a t t h e active season's p a s t And we've a b r e a t h i n g space, a t last, Some people wonder " w h a t we can do The cold long w i n t e r months, all t h r u ? " There's lots to do f r o m now till Spring, F i x i n g t h e tools and everything. W a t c h i n g t h e d r a i n s , t h e ice, and snow, G e t t i n g machines r e a d y to mow. Mix compost, screening loam and such, (So our S p r i n g - W o r k won't be so m u c h ) . T r u c k s to fix, and t h e t r a c t o r s , too, Y e s ! I guess t h e r e ' s enough to do! A n o t h e r t h i n g , much b e t t e r yet, Let's all be sure and not f o r g e t — Above all else, sure let us find C e r t a i n time to improve our mind. C. E . T r e a t . ANNUAL MEETING T h e a n n u a l m e e t i n g w a s held a t H o r t i c u l t u r a l Hall, Boston, on J a n u a r y 4th. Following a fine dinner, M r . H e r b e r t A. Taylor of Somerville e n t e r t a i n e d w i t h sleight of h a n d , and had t h e g a t h e r i n g donning their glasses to t r y to solve his " m a g i c " . A t t h e business m e e t i n g following t h e e n t e r t a i n m e n t t h e revised by-laws and constitution as submitted by t h e comm i t t e e were passed. All r e p o r t s of officers and committees showed t h e club's activities to be n u m e r o u s and in good condition. The following w e r e elected as officers f o r 1932: P r e s i d e n t — J a m e s McCormaok 1st V. P r e s . — T h o m a s F a h e y 2nd Y. P r e s . — H o w a r d F a r r a n t 3rd V. P r e s . — J a m e s Sullivan S e c r e t a r y — C . W. P a r k e r T r e a s u r e r — F r a n k H. Wilson, J r . Trustee for 3 yrs.—Carlton E. Treat ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE R. A. Michell, C h a i r m a n Edwin Hansen E r n e s t B. Lord C. W. P a r k e r Marston Burnett GOLF COMMITTEE C. E. Sowerby, C h a i r m a n P. F. Hayden R. Wallace P e c k h a m John S h a n a h a n Phillip Cassidy MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE John S. Latvis, C h a i r m a n P a u l G. W a n b e r g W. J. McBride Thomas Galvin Joseph Oldfield PRESIDENT'S REPORT To the Members of the Greekeepers' Club of New E n g l a n d . Gentlemen:— I n my report, a y e a r ago, I spoke of a line along which I hoped we could work, namely, t h a t of cooperation. I stated, a t t h a t time, t h a t I f e l t t h a t we had made a beginning, and it seems to me, t h a t this year, we have made f u r t h e r strides. Let me speak of two items t h a t I think will bear me out. E a r l y in the season the Mass. Golf Association asked your president to give a list of five or six greenkeepers f r o m which they could pick three, including your president, to serve on the Committee of the Service Section of t h e Mass. Golf Association. As a result I called a meeting of the Board of Directors, a t Woodland. A f t e r t a l k i n g the m a t t e r over, pro and con, the meeting adj o u r n e d to B r a e Burn, t h a t same evening, to meet with t h e officials of the Mass. Golf Association. As a r e s u l t of these meetings, and with the approval of your Board of Directors, your president submitted to Pres. Chase of the Mass. Golf Association six names, and he appointed J a m e s McCormack, F r a n k Wilson, and your president active members of the Service Section Committee. Your Service Section Committee, f o r it is made u p of your Directors, have received a most cordial welcome; their ideas and suggestions have been received with interest, and in a g r e a t m a n y cases with adoption. E a c h of your committee feel, I think, t h a t i t has not only been a move along cooperative lines, but a move f r o m which a g r e a t good will come. J u s t recently, your Directors voted to hold a joint meeting of our Club with t h e Executive Committee of the National Association of Greenkeepers of America. This meeting, and a later meeting, w i t h the Board of Directors, showed plainly the f r i e n d l y feeling expressed at all times. I t was a pleasure to see and meet with fellow greenkeepers f r o m dist a n t points. This meeting a g a i n showed our readiness to cooperate with any organization t h a t is t r y i n g to up-lift the Greenkeeper or Golf in general. The r e p o r t s f r o m your other officers and committees will tell you, in detail, of our work this year, of our g a i n in membership, our good financial standing, our m a n y interesting meetings, t h e golf t o u r n a m e n t s we have held, t h e m a n y fine courses over which we have played, and the fine hospitality w e have received at all hands. I would like to express my t h a n k s in p a r t i c u l a r to Editor West and Business M a n a g e r B u r n e t t , again, f o r the fine work they are doing on the " N e w s l e t t e r " . This publication is, indeed, a fine credit to our organization, no doubt, more so, t h a n we members realize. Can't we. you and I, the r a n k and file of our Club, show our appreciation of t h i s work by a t least keeping the Editor, yes loaded doivn, with m a t e r i a l to print? I have, no doubt, but our genial E d i t o r will agree t h a t by w r i t i n g articles and sending notes and s u p p o r t i n g the paper, will be the best w a y to show our appreciation. I could go on in detail, in r e g a r d to the fine work done by other officers and committees, and speak of the fine cooperation and help I have had f r o m them all. I hereby w a n t to t h a n k each and every one. T h r o u g h o u t the year, on whomever I called, I got a ready response of service. To the incoming president, I pledge loyal and h e a r t y support, and offer him my best wishes. I can readily say t h a t he will find r e a d y cooperation, sincere friendliness, and in f a c t , a g r e a t bunch to serve. To t h e members of the Greenkeepers Club I wish to t h a n k each and every one of you f o r the privilege of serving you as President. F o r m a n y years our Club h a s r u n And all the time its been "most f u n " , Getting to know each other well— A mighty good "bunch", the world, I'll tell. A more serious, and a much better side Is the gain in knowledge, no secrets to hide, W h a t is good f o r one, is open to all, A n y trouble descends, a t a beck or call T h e whole Club responds, and opinions out-pour A n d t h e m e m b e r gets w h a t he's looking for! So let us continue on o u r w a y . No " a x e to g r i n d " , no g r u d g e to pay, J u s t helping each one as we c a n To be a good g r e e n k e e p e r and a b e t t e r man. Respectfully submitted, C a r l t o n E. T r e a t , President. SECRETARY'S REPORT M r . P r e s i d e n t , and M e m b e r s : W e have held, as is our custom, five W i n t e r meetings in Boston, and seven S u m m e r m e e t i n g s w i t h golf tournam e n t s a t c o u n t r y clubs. A t our five W i n t e r meetings w e h a d three prominent turf maintenance speakers, a n i m p l e m e n t meeting, and our a n n u a l meeting. T h e seven S u m m e r m e e t i n g s w e r e well distributed over o u r t e r r i t o r y , two of these w e r e a t clubs not visited before. Since t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t of t h e E x p e r i m e n t a l P l o t s a t t h e Charles River C o u n t r y Club, a m e e t i n g t h e r e a t least once each y e a r h a s become necessary. T h i r t e e n new m e m b e r s h a v e been voted in d u r i n g t h e y e a r , and t w o h a v e passed over to t h e g r e a t m a j o r i t y . T h e n u m b e r in good s t a n d i n g will doubtless be r e p o r t e d by t h e Members h i p Committee. A new p r o j e c t h a s been s t a r t e d t h i s y e a r ; namely t h e p r o m o t i n g and financial s u p p o r t i n g of e x p e r i m e n t a l t u r f work a t t h e S t a t e College. Also t h i s y e a r t h e club sent a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e to a t u r f m a i n t e n a n c e m e e t i n g in N e w J e r s e y . This y e a r h a s seen t h e N e w E n g l a n d Service B u r e a u reorganized as t h e Green Section of t h e M a s s a c h u s e t t s Golf Association, and including t h r e e g r e e n k e e p e r s on its committee. A committee h a s been a t w o r k revising our constitution and by-laws. Y o u r s e c r e t a r y s u g g e s t s t h a t a file of t h e " N e w s l e t t e r " should be k e p t as p a r t of t h e records of t h e club. R. A. Mitchell, Secretary. A MESSAGE FROM OUR NEW PRESIDENT I wish to express to t h e m e m b e r s of t h e Greenkeepers' Club of N e w E n g l a n d my a p p r e c i a t i o n of t h e honor of being elected t h e i r P r e s i d e n t and a s s u r e t h e m t h a t I will endeavor to fill t h i s offce t o their satisfaction. I realize t h a t t h e N e w E n g l a n d Greenkeepers' Club h a s been serving a splendid p u r p o s e and it is m y intention of c a r r y i n g on along t h e same lines a s in t h e p a s t . W e have a t all times shown our desire to co-operate w i t h a n y o r g a n i z a t i o n in t h e promotion of b e t t e r golf course conditions. With the prevailing circumstances and curtailed budgets, it is v e r y importa n t t h a t we improve ourselves by a t t e n d i n g r e g u l a r l y t h e monthly meetings of our Club. I hope t h a t all our m e m b e r s will t a k e an i n t e r e s t and voice t h e i r opinions on all s u b j e c t s b r o u g h t u p f o r discussion. Y o u r Committee will obtain t h e best s p e a k e r s possible to a d d r e s s o u r meetings on s u b j e c t s p e r t i n e n t to our work. T h e m e m b e r s a r e invited to m a k e suggestions to our Committees, and, I would a p p r e c i a t e a n y constructive criticisms f r o m a n y of our members f o r t h e b e s t i n t e r e s t of our Club. L e t us m a k e t h e Greenkeepers' Club of N e w E n g l a n d m o r e beneficial to its m e m b e r s and more influential f o r t h e w e l f a r e of t h e g o l f e r s in our district t h a n ever before. J a m e s McCormack ANNUAL MEETING NOTES W e w e r e pleased to h a v e w i t h us a t t h e m e e t i n g Mr. M. E . F a r n h a m of t h e P h i l a d e l p h i a C o u n t r y Club, and Secret a r y of t h e P h i l a d e l p h i a Association of Golf Course S u p e r i n t e n d e n t s . The F e b r u a r y m e e t i n g will be held t h e second Monday in F e b r u a r y , so t h a t m e m b e r s in Boston f o r t h e m e e t i n g m a y a t t e n d t h e S p o r t s m a n , Motor-boat, and Golf Show, to be held f r o m F e b . 6-13. Send your dues for 1932 to F r a n k H. Wilson, Jr., Treas., Charles River Country Club, Newton Centre, Mass. W e feel t h a t t h e Golf Committee did a splendid job doing so well d u r i n g t h e y e a r , and r e t u r n i n g a balance of seven dollars. NEWSLETTER Exclusive New England 5 BE WISE—FERTILIZE Distributors For: Your Premier Brand Pulverized success the condition Poultry Manure Healthy and Rams Head Brand Pulverized your your grass Greens Be Sheep Manure this year of on means successful Fairways depends your your use and on Course. Fairways success. LAN-FER on Greens. V. C. Fairway Fertilizer L A N - F E R is m a d e r i g h t a n d right. Corona Dry Arsenate of Lead Available at all for times. immediate The Bent Grasses, Top, Fancy Blue Grass. highest Fancy shipment grades Re-cleaned Re-cleaned priced Compare of Red Kentucky INGREDIENTS, YSIS and PRICE other brands your fertilizer Write of before you for this For ANAL- LAN-FER with purchase year. Information. M. F. LANSILL 85 STATE Special Fertilizers STREET 86 C H A R L E S Boston, Mass. Newton, RIVER PKY Mass. for SPEED & ECONOMY AERATING SEEDING TOP DRESSING THE BIJEL PERFORATOR Made By J. F. Buel - - Woburn, Mass. See it demonstrated at the Sportsman and Golf Equipment Show Mechanics BIdg., Feb. 6 to 13, Boston, Mass. buying from our advertisers, mention NEWSLETTER! President McCormack, upon assuming office, asked t h a t the same spirit of Cooperation which had prevailed in the p a s t might prevail d u r i n g 1932. He also asked t h a t the members attend all meetings, so t h a t the club might better help t h e m and they help t h e club. The new constitution and by-laws will be printed shortly and distributed to t h e members. GOOD GOLFERS As greenkeepers, I believe we have all noticed a constantly increasing tendency f o r the professionals to t a k e over the greenkeeper's job. T h e r e is a very good reason w h y the professional should be very much more sensitive to the p u t t i n g s u r f a c e of a green, the turf on tees and f a i r w a y s , than a greenkeeper who plays his course only occasionally. You and I know t h a t m a n y greens look very smooth and p u t t very poorly, and good golfers are r a r e l y deceived as to who is a t f a u l t when p u t t s go amiss. Again, we all know t h a t worm casts smoothed in the early morning a r e u p again by mid-afternoon in F a l l and Spring. Many greenkeepers use t e m p o r a r y tees, and even t e m p o r a r y greens quite unnecessarily, and if they were players, and often playing with members, t h e y would be more c a r e f u l , and a t least know how the players feel about it. I can already h e a r some of you ask— w h e n can we find time to play around, and keep all the help on the job?—why not walk around and look over the greens, tees, and f a i r w a y s ? You can alw a y s well afford to do the most importa n t t h i n g to be done. F i r s t things come first. There is no more i m p o r t a n t job f o r a greenkeeper t h a n to see to it t h a t his course is playable every day and s a t i s f a c t o r y to the men who pay his salary. Walking around does not acquaint you with the players' problems. Most players tack around a course f r o m tee to rough, to bunker, to f a i r w a y , to w a t e r hazard, to green eventually, and then, if it is worn too smooth around t h e cup, swear fluently because t h e cups a r e not changed more often. If you play y o u r course, you know w h e n tee balls a n d cups need shifting, when f a i r w a y s a r e too short or too long, when bunkers demand attention, and where balls a r e lost unnecessarily. Doubtless every club h a s its duffers, t h a t drive off your best tee with a n iron because they can't h i t with a driver, and scar u p a foot of t u r f in the process; then chop along fifty yards a t a time, leaving a w a k e of divots until it is not a m a t t e r of replacing thei t u r f , b u t one of r e t u r f i n g t h e place. If you a r e playing around you can sometimes t a c t f u l l y ask t h e m to t r y and tip back a lifted sod, so t h a t the next player w o n ' t break a leg in the hole. Again, you are certain to have players who a r e inordinately proud of their Scotch ancestry, playing a d i r t y pill of a ball, advertising Mazda lamps possibly, l e f t them by a n impecunious caddy, and they will in all seriousness implore you to cut down all your blueberry bushes and black alders you have nursed and guarded f o r years, so t h a t they can see where the ball falls 30 y a r d s a t r i g h t angles to a green on a 140 y a r d hole. F o r t u n a t e l y I have a cemetery on my course with some vacancies, quite handy, but still lacks shrubbery, w h e r e one could answer such men. However, the lost ball problem is very f a r f r o m a joke to m a n y players, and oddly those who can best afford to lose balls are usually the ones most sensitive and anxious to recover them. I t is good j u d g e m e n t to eliminate as f a r as reasonably possible all places t h a t balls a r e lost in ordinary play, and more especially those places w h e r e h u n t i n g holds u p those players following. The greenkeeper who is also a good golfer can judge much better where to clean and where real h a z a r d s a r e necessary. Often a greenkeeper is required to make a new tee f o r championship matches, or maybe to improve t h e angle of the shot; only if he is a good golfer can he j u d g e the exact y a r d a g e f r o m t h e green, the required height f o r best visibility. In this day and generation a greenkeeper is expected to be a soil expert, a t u r f expert, a business m a n a g e r , a first class mechanic, b u t above all a good golfer to please his clientelle, and enjoy his monthly get-together w i t h his fellow greenkeepers. R. Wallace Peckham. We have available a f e w back copies of several issues of the N E W S L E T T E R which will be sent w i t h o u t charge to any member who has not these copies f o r his files. N o t i f y the Editor if you desire a n y back copies. HOVEY'S SEED Remember the Golf Show to be held at Mechanic's Building February 6th to 13th connection with the New England Sportsman's Show Look us up at Booth Numbers 457 & 458 H o t ey & C o m p a n y Everything in Course Equipment Est. 1834 150 MILK ST., BOSTON, MASS. Tel. Hancock 1454 - 1455 ALWAYS DEPENDABLE Our advertisers aim to p l e a s e Y O U " X ^ We feel t h a t the following sermon by a golfing minister is w o r t h y of your notice: A GOLF reach t h e end with a low score, f o r he has played the game of life, STRAIGHT! MEDITATION BUSY Rev. Edwin L, Noble " D a m m t h a t slice!" More f r e q u e n t l y t h a n a n y other, this is the first word u t t e r e d on the s t a r t i n g tee. W h a t has. happaned to evoke this fervid bit of eloquence? The ball, h i t with every intention of sending it out over the f a i r w a y f o r two hundred y a r d s or more (sometimes it seems as if we hit i t with the intention of driving it down to Salisb u r y beach), makes a b e a u t i f u l curve to the rig'ht, sails g r a c e f u l l y over the long g r a s s and finally comes to rest in t h e roots of an old s t u m p or deep in t h e long hay. More eloquence is stimulated by the "cussedness' of i n a n i m a t e things w h e n we t r y to get it out and lose a couple more strokes. The score f o r t h a t hole is ruined, together with most of our good disposition. W h a t t h e golfer needs to know, and remember, is t h a t t h e unoffending ball h a s gone j u s t as it was hit, r i g h t to the place where it was sent. If it had been hit r i g h t it would have gone s t r a i g h t . If it had gone s t r a i g h t t h e r e would have been no trouble. Rough t e r r i t o r y , long grass, t r a p s , bunkers, w a t e r haza r d s are all trouble m a k e r s f o r t h e m a n who does not play a s t r a i g h t game. If t h e r e are pitfalls t h e r e are also helps. T h e m a r k e r s on t h e tee give him his direction, the f a i r w a y is mowed short and kept smooth. The flag in t h e hole shows him w h e r e t h e jcore is to be made. Three, f o u r or five will t a k e him t h e r e if he GOES S T R A I G H T . Seven, eight or ten when he GOES C R O O K E D . The real golfer hits the ball true, sends it s t r a i g h t and blames no one save himself when a shot is foozled. Life is like t h a t . Education, t r a i n i n g , coaching all the w a y u p f r o m i n f a n c y m a k e it possible f o r the average m a n to live j o y f u l l y and skillfully. T r a p s and pitfalls are not f o r those who walk in the s t r a i g h t and n a r r o w way. The m a n who lives clean, knows his weaknesses, learns the rules and obeys them, looks without envy upon the success of another, keeps his temper, takes misfort u n e s t a n d i n g up, is generous t o w a r d a rival, h e l p f u l to the less f o r t u n a t e and who never takes his mind off the u l t i m a t e goal—he is t h e m a n who will AT R, I. C. C. This Fall the w e a t h e r was very good f o r p l a n t i n g trees and shrubs, so we took a d v a n t a g e of it, and planted t h r e e thousand white and red pines in different p a r t s of the grounds. We put in t h r e e new t r a p s a t the right-hand side of the fifteenth fairway, about a hundred and fifty y a r d s f r o m the tee, and a new tee to the l e f t of the old one. The t r a p s will prevent m a n y balls f r o m going out-of-bounds. The seventeenth tee has been enlarged. F o u r men will bs kept busy this Winter, p r u n i n g some of the large trees, cleaning a w a y underbrush, and hauling beach sand f o r the t r a p s . Thomas Galvin, Greenkeeper, Rhode Island Country Club "QUALITY" LAWNS, GOLF and SPORT TURF MATERIALS American Seeds, cals, ported and Imported Fertilizers, Manures, Fungicides, Peat 60 and Soil Sponge, Mowers. CONGRESS BOSTON, Telephone Grass Chemi- STREET MASS. Liberty 6021 Im- K E Y TO I D E N T I F Y G R A S S E S I N T U R F A. P l a n t s w i t h rootstocks Ligule a f r i n g e of h a i r s B. B E R M U D A GRASS BB. Ligule a small m e m b r a n e C. Leaves stiff, bristle-like, s h a r p - p o i n t e d RED FESCUE CC. Leaves not stiff nor bristle-like D. Blades folded in t h e bud, t h e t i p boat-shaped K E N T U C K Y B L U E G R A S S DD. Blades convolute in t h e bud, flat w h e n expanded, not boat-shaped a t t i p E. Ligule l o n g ; blades r a t h e r b r o a d RED E E . Ligule v e r y s h o r t ; blades narrow AA. CREEPING TOP BENT P l a n t s w i t h o u t rootstocks B. Collar w i t h a p p e n d a g e s in addition to t h e ligule; blades shiny b e n e a t h . C. A p p e n d a g e a s h a r p projection point f r o m t h e angle of t h e s h e a t h on each side MEADOW FESCUE CC. A p p e n d a g e a flange-like projection on each side of t h e collar D. Blades folded in t h e bud PERENNIAL DD. Blades convolute in t h e bud BB. Collar w i t h o u t a p p e n d a g e s in addition to t h e ligule C. Blades bristle-like, stiff D. Leaves pale bluish g r e e n DD. Leaves b r i g h t g r e e n CC. SHEEP'S FESCUE FINE LEAVED FESCUE Blades not bristle-like nor stiff D. Leaves r a t h e r broad, convolute in the bud E. S h e a t h s h a i r y ; p l a n t s a t length f o r m i n g stolons E E . S h e a t h s g l a b r o u s ; p l a n t s never f o r m i n g stolons DD. RYE-GRASS ITALIAN RYE-GRASS CRAB GRASS PIGEON GRASS Leaves folded in t h e bud E. Collar g l a b r o u s ; blades n a r r o w E E . Collar h a i r y ; blades b r o a d F . S h e a t h s and blades h a i r y F F . S h e a t h s and blades not h a i r y P l a n t f o r m i n g stolons; ligule a f r i n g e of h a i r s ; t i p of blade rounded GG. P l a n t not f o r m i n g stolons; ligule a small m e m b r a n e ; tip of blade acute ANNUAL BLUEGRASS Y E L L O W OAT-GRASS G. CARPET GRASS GOOSE GRASS A N O T H E R K E Y TO I D E N T I F Y G R A S S I N T U R F A. Leaves convolute in t h e bud B. Collar w i t h a p p e n d a g e s in addition t o t h e ligule; blades shiny b e n e a t h C. A p p e n d a g e a flange-like projection on each side of t h e collar CC. A p p e n d a g e a s h a r p p r o j e c t i n g point f r o m t h e angle of t h e sheath on each side BB. Collar w i t h o u t a p p e n d a g e s in addition to t h e ligule; blades not shiny b e n e a t h C. S h e a t h s h a i r y D. Ligule a f r i n g e of s h o r t h a i r s DD. Ligule a t h i n m e m b r a n e CC. S h e a t h s n o t h a i r y D. Blades broad, h a i r y above; rootstocks none DD. Blades not broad, g l a b r o u s ; rootstocks p r e s e n t in older p l a n t s E . Ligule l o n g ; blades ^ - i n c h wide E E . Ligule s h o r t ; blades %-inch wide A A . Leaves flat or folded in t h e bud Collar w i t h a flange-like projection on each side B B . Collar w i t h o u t flange-like projections C. Whole p l a n t soft, h a i r y ITALIAN RYE-GRASS MEADOW FESCUE B E R M U D A GRASS CRAB GRASS PIGEON GRASS RED TOP CREEPING BENT B. PERENNIAL RYE-GRASS Y E L L O W OAT GRASS CC. Whole p l a n t g l a b r o u s or n e a r l y so D. E. Collar h a i r y ; blades broad S h e a t h s g r e e n ; p l a n t a t length producing stolons; ligule a f r i n g e of hairs E E . Sheaths white near the ground; plants n e v e r p r o d u c i n g stolons; ligule a thin m e m b r a n e DD. CARPET GRASS GOOSE GRASS Collar n o t h a i r y ; blades n a r r o w E. Blades stiff, bristle-like s h a r p - p o i n t e d F. P l a n t s creeping by rootstocks; leaves u s u a l l y b r i g h t g r e e n RED FESCUE F F . P l a n t s in t u f t s G. EE. F. Leaves pale bluish g r e e n SHEEP'S FESCUE GG. Leaves b r i g h t g r e e n FINE-LEAVED Blades not stiff nor bristlelike, t h e t i p boat-shaped Leaves pale g r e e n ; rootstocks wanting F F . Leaves d a r k g r e e n ; rootstocks present FESCUE ANNUAL BLUEGRASS KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS MR. ADVERTISER Do you wish to get your advertising before those who buy golf course equipment and supplies in New England ? The NEWSLETTER goes directly, and is read by, the Greenkeepers and Green Chairmen of New England Clubs. For space and rates in the 1932 NEWSLETTER, write:— BUSINESS MANAGER—NEWSLETTER 339 WALTHAM STREET WEST NEWTON, MASS. NEW IDEAL 7-GANG 1 r, FAIRWAY MOWER—FULL 16-FOOT CUT SBSIl$ -aw mi * mM WSsIS V ; •i ass® t- 1. 1 Weighs only 1 0 6 3 lbs. Draw Bar Pul! only 340 lbs. T h e N e w Ideal F a i r w a y Mower of t h e same t y p e a t t h e 7 - g a n g outfit shown above will also be b u i l t in 3 - g a n g a n d 5 - g a n g sizes. A n d a t N e w Low Prices. These n e w t y p e Ideal g a n g s a r e light weigh a n d exceptionally easy t o pull. 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