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quicker here, when the ground is moist, then there, ten days 

 may be assumed as the least period to keep it in the best 

 order. 



Second, sweeping. This should always be done immedi- 

 ately after the mowing is finished. The cut grass should not 

 lie upon the turf, or be slovenly gathered up, but the surface 

 should be as carefully swept as the neatest housemaid's floor. 



Third, rolling. This is a most necessary operation. The 

 surface should be thoroughly rolled with a good roller previ- 

 ously to mowing ; and as mowing can only be done in a 

 cloudy or damp day or in the morning early, the lawn should 

 be well rolled the day previous, when it will be ready for the 

 scythe. On large lawns this may be done with a horse hav- 

 ing shoes fitted to his feet, to prevent any injury to the 

 surface. 



It must be remembered, that rolling and mowing are not to 

 be discontinued upon the first approach of autumn ; for if 

 neglected at that season, the grass becomes coarse, tufted and 

 patchy, which no attention afterwards will wholly reclaim. 

 As long as there is the least growth, these operations should 

 be regularly performed. 



These requirements, to possess a fine lawn, may appear too 

 laborious, but they are not the less all-important. Whoever 

 would think of doing much less than this must be content 

 with a neat turf, but cannot realize the ideal of an " English 

 lawn." 



EXPRESSION IN BUILDING. 



BY WILSON FLAGG. 



It is a very prevalent and almost universal notion that the 

 great point we should endeavor to attain in the style of a 

 dwelling-house, is to produce something that shall be admired 

 as a work of art. If it can be made a specimen of exquisite 

 workmanship, the owner and designer are perfectly satis- 

 fied, though its style be unadapted to the purposes for which 



