34 SPRING EFFECTS ON THE LAWN. 



see this foliage and bloom freshly put forth at our doorstep, 

 but their beauty must appear on all sides, under the trees, 

 down by the stream, in a part of every shrub group, on the 

 vines of the porch or boundary wall in short, on every 

 spot where their presence will not unduly usurp the 

 province of the flowers and foliage of other seasons of the 

 year. 



Unlike the fall effects, moreover, which are specially 

 effective on a large lawn, the beauties of spring ornamental 

 plants may be restricted to very small dimensions, and 

 actually in such cases furnish lovely lawn-planting effecta 

 from the very charm alone of their detail. 



You will perceive, therefore, that my endeavor in 

 treating of spring on the lawn resolves itself into com- 

 paratively simple descriptions of lovely bits of color and 

 form in actual process of being wrought into the most 

 charming lawn-planting combinations. I would not imply 

 that these processes are not going on during the entire 

 summer, only that now we feel them to be a dominant 

 feature of the time. They are in full action all around us, 

 and we are in sympathy with them more than at any other 

 time of the year. 



There are several plants that sometimes bloom even in 

 winter, if the season is mild. These plants must of course 

 be considered the earliest of flowering shrubs, and bearing, 

 as they must at this early season, their flowers before their 

 leaves, our attention is naturally given chiefly to their 

 flowers. 



The first I call to mind is an old shrub common in many 

 unpretending gardens, Jasminum nudiflorum, the yellow 



