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better to have the lawn slope gently away from the house 

 than to cut it up by banks and terraces, since every divi- 

 sion, whether by path or terrace, tends to make it look 

 smaller than it really is. If terraces cannot be avoided, 



they are best placed 

 near the house, where 

 they may become, in a 

 measure, a part of the 

 building, or else as 

 far away as possible 

 at the street line or 

 on the borders of the 

 property. On no ac- 

 count should the center 

 of the small lawn be 

 lower than the borders, 

 since a concave surface 

 tends to make distances 

 appear shorter and the 

 lawn, in consequence, 

 smaller. A slightly con- 

 vex surface, on the 

 other hand, gives a 

 more spacious look to 

 the property, and in 

 large lawns the center 

 is often raised slightly 

 to prevent it from look- 

 ing hollow at this point. 

 Since the grasses are 



cool-weather plants and flag during the summer, it is best to 

 seed the lawn in late fall or early spring, so that the plants 

 may become established before the hot weather sets in. If 

 seeded later, care should be taken that the young plants do 



FIG. 144. Hickory Creek at Joliet, Illinois 



An illustration of the way Nature arranges her 

 trees and shrubs 



