Show How One Should Plant a Lawn 1 I He should first employ a competent com-petent surveyor to make him a topographio map locating upon it all buildings and all trees desirable to bd retained Except to make room for a house or to obtain a smooth surf Me there should be no removal of ioil Earthwork is very expensive and rarely justifiable A varied and undulating aariace is always preferable prefer-able > o a dead level rocks removable cad be piled upon rocks permanent end epacee between or above planted I with email shrubs flanked by trees 1 I The map being secured he should I ma ure tee whole ground very thoroughly If he has courage enough be can use 100 worth of stable mature to the acre with great advantage I advan-tage a < my own experience leeches me The ground should be planted with potatoes beet or some other I root crop to deepen and pulverize the soil i While tbeao are crowing let him seek a landscapo artist and here will lie bU difficulty He can find men I who will draw him a beautttul map and whose correct eyes and taste may enable them to locate for present tfiect any material which is given them He will find however very few who have the knowledge of trees and plants which will enable them to select that material A landscape artist who is master of his profession must be familiar with all hardy trees and shrubs which are attainable in order that he may select those which by their harmonious or by their strongly contrasting forms or colors may be suitable for a pictureique lawn He must know not only the size of the tree when planted but what will be its height or breadth fifty years afterward Without this knowledge would place a Norway spruce where a yew should be and his finest trees will bo planted so I closely that some of them will require to be cut away at the end of twenty I years or the whole plantation be ruined Want of tree knowledge has spoiled many costly places and a true landscape artist should be so saturated with his knowledge that he cau always speak ex cathedra and tbus give his employer that confidence confi-dence in him which is essential to auceeas A lover of trees must be at heart an artist because be is familiar I with the best forms but an artist may have no knowledge of trees and therefore fail because I may he strives I I for ultimate effects which he can not possibly foresee I The true landscape artist having been found let the owner of the 1 grounds give their whole arrangement arrange-ment into his hand holding him responsible re-sponsible for the result He may limit the expenses by requiring the selection of the more common trees and shrubs in many of which there is great merit but if he desires the I highest expression of beauty he must be prepared to pay for it Tit I fanys diamonds are better than his garnets and many who buy of him willingly pay for the beat Harpers Magazine I |