214 The Lawn 



plot should have paths laid in direct line from one 

 end to the other and the less conspicuous they are 

 the better taste they are in, as anything indicating 

 a suggestion of a stroll would appear somewhat 

 ridiculous. 



Where there is not an abundance of room for 

 both grass and flowers, grass should predominate, 

 otherwise the garden will be a conglomeration of 

 vegetation with no order and no dignity. It is 

 true that the purpose of the garden is flowers, yet 

 a mass of flowers in a small space will never receive 

 the appreciation which each individual plant de- 

 serves. 



In planting a new plot, or in remaking an old 

 one, the plot should be drawn first on paper in 

 correct proportions with regard to any irregularity 

 in shape, and every tree, bush, or clump of bushes 

 should be jotted down on the paper in a spot 

 corresponding to the same location in the garden 

 itself. Only in this way can one get an idea be- 

 forehand of just how the various ideas will work 

 out. 



The lawn is worthy of a great deal of care, yet 

 it requires very little in comparison to other vege- 

 tation. The kind of seed to plant depends upon 

 the locality in which it is planted. The sandy 

 soil of the far South requires a well-rooted, broad- 



