More immigrantsâ11.7 millionâcame to the United States between 1871 and 1901 than had arrived in the United States and the British North American colonies during the preceding three centuries combined. (The U.S. population was 76.2 million in 1900.) Between 1900 and 1914, 12.9 million new immigrants arrived. These turn-of-the-century immigrants came primarily from Southern and Eastern Europe, and were largely Italians, Jews, and Poles.
A burned or scorched lawn is grass that has become brown or withered, but it can be treated. 1  Consistently water your lawn. Sounds simple enough but most often, a lawn goes bad due to simple missteps such as not watering your lawn. 2  Don't overuse fertilizer of pesticides.
But it also competes with other plants for available water and soil nutrients. If your lawn has encroached on any trees in your yard, you'll want to get rid of it. Herbicides are not the answer. If you apply these plant-killing chemicals around your trees, the grass won't be the only thing to die.A simple organic gardening remedy called sheet composting will remove the grass.erbicides are not the answer. If you apply these plant-killing chemicals around your trees, the grass won't be the only thing to die. A simple organic gardening remedy called sheet composting will remove the grass.