36 THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



line, but never dotted about at regular intervals, 

 these are the features that lend attraction to 

 a lawn. We would allow of no flower-bed 

 whatever except the shrubbery border, though 

 an occasional clump of tritomas, of cannas, or 

 of Pampas grass, may take the place of flower- 

 ing shrubs, and start up from corners of the 

 grass. Their height and general aspect enables 

 them to form part of the picture. But one 

 canrfot repeat it too often the expanse of the 

 lawn should be rarely broken except by shrub- 

 beries ; and that the lawn itself should be 

 carefully kept and free from weeds is of course 

 essential. 



One of the most beautiful gardens I ever 

 knew depended almost entirely on the arrange- 

 ment of its lawns and shrubberies. It had cer- 

 tainly been most carefully and adroitly planned, 

 and it had every advantage in the soft climate of 

 the west of England. The various lawns were 

 divided by thick shrubberies, so that you wandered 

 on from one to the other, and always came on 

 something new. In front of these shrubberies 



