| Show The Lawn Lawil in Landscape Art I If the landscape gardener had butone butone but butone one feature to work with he would most certainly choose hoose the lawn It constitutes the solid foundation upon which the ornaments of 01 the superstructure ture are Imposed in itself it Is taken for granted by theman theman the theman man in the street and its Importance aye its ve very presence is overlooked The usefulness of a greensward In making nature more beautiful and restful is particularly impressed upon the sojourner in hot or dry clini clIn climates tes Take most of or our own southern states for Cor Instance nce and in most localities ItIs it itIs Is s practically impossible to grow good lawns The long hot dry summers and the impoverished soils discourage the grass and the possessor of ot a fine line lawn fawn Is the he proudest person on th the street Every weed is carefully r removed re removed re- re moved the grass is kept short and is rolled and watered with patience and regularity Even then they cannot be sure of or a lawn and this is one of ot the main reasons reasons rea rea- sons Eons for the high board fences of Dixie Land Most every yard has its protecting protecting protecting pro pro- fence tence as much to hide the nakedness of the soil soU as to keep out trespassers It takes fair shoulders to wear low cut gowns and fences prosper most where lawns are poor S A yard without a lawn to finish It ot off is ia as barren of beauty as a parlor without a rug or carpet Other features features fea lea tures strike the vision more prominently and really impress the observer er as ns being the chief beauty of ot the scene but t ke away away the surroundIng surrounding surround surround- ing lawn and the artistic effect will willbe ill 1 be lowered much more than it would be bo by the loss of ot any other single factor Any comparatively homogeneous green turf will have the same effect J and of ot course the he smaller the scale of ot the lot the tho finer finor and more carefully I finished the turf must be How Row Is your youx lawn prospering this year We trust that y y you u did not forgat forgot for- for got gat to fIra spray the dandelions with sul- sul of iru before they went to seed because this was a great year for dandelions and they produced enough seed to last them through BeTen soyen soy BeT seven en lean ICan years The plantain docs does not seem to be beas beas beas as thick as as last year ear and its it's a fino fine time to cut out the few fow that remain and get rid of oC them for Cor good Their see seel l do does s not travel fravel far except via the bird route I If there is Is a low spot in the tho lawn that you would like to raise or a high one that needs lowering cut the sod Into two feet teet by one strips and lift It off orr the spot Then cut or to level the bad spot and replace the sod pounding it down hard and keep it watered Keep the tho walks and drives trimmed with an edge cutting tool making the bevel cut in the sod about two inches wido wide and two inches deep This will make it much easier to finish finish finish fin fin- ish the grass edges edge smoothly and It will also alse aid somewhat in drainage One of oC these edge cutters is very handy for Cor edging flower beds also and many many people use them to cut away about tree trunks but we do not favor the latter plan because it breaks the natural union of ot the tree trunks with the sod and looks too fussy |
