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GREEN-KEEPING RESEARCH.
A number of correspondents have asked for further informa- tion about the journal issued by a committee of the British Golf Union for the encouragement of research into green- keeping. At the same time I hear of the proposed formation of local societies for a similar purpose. The central research station, which should be sufficient in itself, has established a permanent Research Station at Bingley, Yorkshire, and it issues at intervals, every three or four months, a journal (price 2s. 6d.) giving the latest information on green-keeping. The high scientific skill of the research workers makes the record of interest to owners of all lawns or pitches, and, indeed, to farmers ; but it is first of all of concern to golfers, and golf clubs of all sorts and sizes would benefit by contribution to this ingenious form of research. The most remarkable discovery, due, I believe, to American research, is that lime is one of the worst chemicals to use and that often the more acid the soil the better for the green. Plantain and oocksfoot and clover are as good for cows as they are bad for golf greens, They like lime. On the other hand the finest bents and fescues will endure an acid soil and flourish there in absence of grosser competitors. W. BEA= Thomes. _
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