Discussion on Mr. Goodman's Paper. 157 



so beautifally arranged in clusters and groups that they add an hundred- 

 fold to the beauty of that beautiful landscape which lay before us on that 

 morning. I called on those near me at the time to be careful to notice the 

 beauty of the planting while they were admiring other things. Well, this 

 was just the object lesson I wanted to give, and the one I wanted to illustrate 

 in my paper. 



DISCUSSION ON MR. GOODMAN's PAPER. 



Mr. Smith, of Wisconsin — It appears to me that four bushels 

 of blue grass seed to the acre is pretty heavy seeding. 



Mr. Goodman, of Missouri — Yes; but it pays in starting a lawn 

 to sow heavily of seed. I would sow at the rate of two bushels per 

 acre, in the fall, and re-sow at the same rate the following spring. 



3Ir. Ohmer, of Ohio — I believe in liberal planting of trees. I 

 prefer to plant them in groups. Trees are a benediction to the 

 home. Even tramps will bless the man who plants trees. 



Mr. Munson, of Texas — Blue grass will not grow everywhere. 

 In Texas, and, if I mistake not, even here in California, the Ber- 

 muda grass makes the best turf. Australian rye seems to be a pop- 

 ular lawn grass in California. It produces a sward almost equal to 

 blue grass. 



3Ir. Van Deman, of Washington, D. C. — Spring is the better 

 time for seeding the lawn, and three bushels of blue grass seed per 

 acre is ample. Small grain should never be sown with the lawn 

 grass. 



Mr. Munson — Burmuda grass is not propagated from seed, but 

 from small pieces of turf which are transplanted. It is effectually 

 killed by cold of five degrees below zero, and, therefore, will not do in 

 the northern states. It forms a good sod the first year, if properly 

 planted. 



Secretary Ragan, of Indiana — This is a good paper on a good 

 subject. Simplicity is the beauty of landscape gardeuing. The 

 work is too often overdone. Walks and drives should never be 

 made simply for the purpose of exhibiting the artist's skill in mak- 

 ing graceful, but meaningless curves. Every walk should repre- 

 sent an idea; that of reaching an object — not in stiff, straight lines, 

 but by natural curves, such as the pigs will make through the clover, 

 in finding the best apples in the orchard. Over-planting of trees 



