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principal thing! to I"- attended to. and one which, if skilfully managed, will 

 Ikin . a mo-,1 striking and benefioial effect Groups and masses may most 

 frequently be much improved! by dealing away many useless dungs, so as to 

 display moM fully the ohainoterislM beauties of individual plants, and yet 

 fullv preserve rteeessary associations. Openings and vistas will have to be 

 formed, so as to command objeota of interest in the distance; l»ut in all 

 a lte r at ions, harmony with 1 1 1 « • edifies and surrounding scenery must be 

 carefully studied 



The breadth ef the kept ground between the bouse and the fence 

 dividing the park from the kept ground, must Deosssaruy van according to 

 esroumstanoes, the foremost of which is the importance of the place itself; it 

 may range from thirty to one hundred yards. When a park is kept tolerably 

 close crept by sheep or cattle, I consider an extensive breadth of lawn 

 uunecessary, especially on the entrance front; I should much prefer a great) r 

 expanse of secluded pleasure ground. The level of the lawn, as it approaches 

 the fence, should gradually blend into the park, so as to avoid any abrupt or 

 marked distinction between them. Should the park not be crept sufficiently 

 close by sheep, Are., the coarser tufts maybe mown occasionally to a short 

 distance, and thus the harmony between the two may be tolerably well 

 preserved. 



In carrying out the finish of the lawn where it is difficult and expensive 

 to procure sods, after the ground has been properly levelled down and well 

 consolidated, the whole of the beds and walks maybe lined out with narrow 

 sods, six inches broad for beds, from that to twelve inches for walks, taking 

 care that no bed be nearer any walk than two feet, so as to leave at the least 

 two feet verge, except in very limited places, when the whole is lined and the 

 90d laid suttiriently low for the earth to be quite level with the top of the sod. 



The rest of the intended lawn may be sown down with proper lawn 

 seeds, either early in Spring, or any time during the middle of Summer until 

 September, in showery weather. Spring and Autumn are the best periods, 

 as drought often proves fatal to the young sprouting seeds, the consefttenoe 

 of which is a broken bald verdure. 



The Kim' os Seeds. — Poa praJtonsis, Featoca euvina, Styokneys rye 

 and Scotch evergreen, with a moderate supply ef white clover. The 

 two latter grasses, with a little clover added, quickly make a nice lawn. 



