MAKING AND CARE 

 OF THE LAWN :: :: 



OST suburban people want a 

 lawn, with flower-beds and 

 shrubs about the house. Some 

 begin by planting shrubs or 

 making flower-beds, expect- 

 ing the lawn to follow. They 

 have a vague idea that it is an 

 easy matter to make a lawn, in fact, some 

 persons seem to think the lawn will make itself. 

 The natural consequence of this way of think- 

 ing is, that such persons seldom have a lawn 

 that is worth calling one. In improving the 

 home-grounds, the first thing to be considered 

 is the formation of the lawn. When that is 

 made, and not until then, flower-beds may be 

 made and shrubs planted in such a manner as to 

 make them permanently effective. This 

 cannot be accomplished if the lawn has to be 

 made to fit an already planted yard. 



Lawn-making is not so difficult as most per- 

 sons seem to think. You must begin right if 



you would attain a satisfactory degree of suc- 



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