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Show "The Lawn in Landscape Art." If the landscape gardener had but one feature to work with, he would most certainly choose the lawn. It constitutes the solid foundation upon which the ornaments of the superstructure superstruc-ture are imposed. Unobstructive in itself, it is taken for granted by the man in the street, and its importance, aye, Its 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 climates. Take most of our own southern states for instance, and in most localities it is practically impossible to grow good lawns. The long, hot, dry summers and the impoverished soils discourage the grass and the possessor of a fine lawn is the proudest person on the street. Every weed is carefully removed, re-moved, the grass is kept short and is rolled and watered with patience and regularity. Even then they cannot be sure of a lawn, and this is one of the main reasons rea-sons for the high board fences of Dixie Land. Most every yard us its protecting pro-tecting . fence, as much to hide the nakedness of the soil as to keep out trespassers. It takes fair shoulders to wear low cut gowns and fences prosper most where lawns are poor. A yard without a lawn to finish it off is as barren of beauty as a parlor without a rug or carpet. Other features fea-tures strike the vision more promi-Dently promi-Dently and really impress the observ er as being the chief beauty of ths scene, but take away the surrounding surround-ing lawn and the artistic effect will be lowered much more than it would be by the loss of any other single factor. Any comparatively homogeneous green turf will have the same effect, and of course the smaller the scale of the lot, the finer and more carefully finished the turf must be. How is your lawn prospering this year? We trust that you did not forget for-get to spray the dandelions with sulphate sul-phate of iron before they went to-seed, to-seed, because this was a great year for dandelions, and they produced enough seed to last them through seven sev-en lean years. The plantain does not seem to be as thick as last year, and it's a fine time to cut out the .few that remain and get rid of them for good. Their seed dees not travel far, except via the bird route. If there is a low spot in the lawn that you would like to raise, or a high one that needs lowering, cut the sod into two feet by one foot strips and lift it off the spot. Then cut or fill to level the bjcl spot and replace the sod, pounding it down hard, and keep it watered. Keep the walks and drives trimmed with an edge cutting tool, making the bevel cut in the sod about two inches wide and two inches deep. This will make it much easier to finish fin-ish the grass edges smoothly and It will also aid somewhat in drainage. One of these edge cutters is very handy for edging flower beds also, and 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 the tree trunks with the sod and looks too fussy. |