I have been privileged to watch the development of many lawn discoveries, to carry on some studies of my own, and to play some part in bringing new light on growing better lawns to home gardeners. As a result of my writing on various aspects of turf, I am regularly overwhelmed with letters and phone calls asking for help on lawn problems. I have concluded that even many long-time gardeners do not fully appreciate the infinitely variable factors involved in grass growth, or that the soil in which grass grows is a far more complex and difficult-to-understand "organism" than their own wonderfully contrived bodies. This is why a lawn specialist, when asked a specific question, can do little more than set up general principles and make an educated guess at the elements that might be involved in the particular problem or situation. This book discusses and throws fresh light on all the known facts and principles of lawn culture, plus quite a few new and "revolutionary" ones. But, to repeat, there is no such thing as a standard lawn. Each situation differs—if only slightly. If you keep these conditions in mind, this book can be your ticket to a lawn that will be, as they say in the advertisements, "the envy of your neighborhood.
