CHAPTER XIV 



GOLF GROUNDS 



THE work of the landscape-gardener might al- 

 most be described by the definition of golf, "some- 

 thing to make walking interesting." On this ac- 

 count the actual game of golf need not be especially 

 interesting to the landscape-gardener, because he 

 really does not require the exercise to keep him 

 well, but the golf grounds with their broad ex- 

 panse of open green-covered fields and their 

 unusual opportunities for producing beautiful land- 

 scape effects do make such an appeal. Usually 

 the lines of the fair greens leave certain unused 

 areas, often triangular pieces of ground of per- 

 haps half an acre or more in extent. Such tri- 

 angles offer opportunities for effective planting. 



Occasionally one or more large-growing trees may 

 be planted near the tees and give grateful shade 

 to those who are waiting for a chance to play. 

 Sometimes, when the grounds are large, they may 



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