LAWN BEAUTIFICATION 269 



With all their tenacity in resisting storms, 

 drought, and constant tramping, these lippias 

 do not become weeds, as they produce no under- 

 ground stolons. By simple plowing or spading 

 they may be more readily removed than the 

 ordinary lawn grass. 



If left all summer without mowing, the lippia 

 lawn makes a rich bee pasture resembling some 

 of the low-growing clovers. If mown once or 

 twice, it has the general appearance of a blue- 

 grass lawn, being soft and yielding to the tread 

 like a fine Axminster carpet. The lippias do not 

 thrive well in the shade, being essentially sun 

 lovers. The new lippia just described settles the 

 lawn question for sunny places in warm climates, 

 as well as the problem of very greatly lessening 

 the wasting of land by erosion on river banks and 

 hillsides. 



Meantime other experiments are being carried 

 on with various other plants which give promise 

 of finally making good lawn plants. Among the 

 most interesting is a species of trailing Hyperi- 

 cum, specific name unknown, from the moun- 

 tains of eastern Chile. 



Somewhat similar species of hypericum have 

 lately been introduced to my gardens from 

 Russia, Siberia, and central and northern 

 Europe, which show a similar creeping habit, 



