until the last, because, even after sowing the grass seed, at raking it in, a quantity of stones will be 

 gathered, and you will need a place to put them and the walk will need the stones. A section 

 of the road when 

 done will appear as 

 shown in the engrav- 

 ing, and it will be al- 

 ways dry and free 

 from weeds and grass. 

 If the earth should 

 wash from the lawn 

 and cause weeds to 

 start, sow salt along 

 the edges and you 

 will see no weeds for 

 a season. 



In very small places 

 it would, perhaps, be 

 as cheap to sod the 

 whole, instead of sow- 

 inggrassseed. Where 

 this is desirable, good 



turf can be procured from the roadside or pasture, and it should be well and neatly laid. 

 In large places the plow can be used instead of the spade, and with great economy of labor. 

 In that case the whole lot should be well plowed and dragged before the walks are staked 

 out. After this, stake the walks and remove the earth the necessary depth, using it to level off 

 ' the low places. There will always be a good deal of work for the spade and rake. 



PLANTING AND ORNAMENTING THE LAWN. 



Two great errors are usually made, both by gardeners and amateurs ; one destroying the lawn 

 by cutting it up with unnecessary walks and flower beds, the other producing the same result by 

 almost literally covering it with trees and shrubbery. Grass cannot grow well among the roots 

 and under the shadow of trees and shrubs, and no lawn can look well cut up in sections by 

 numerous roads. Most of the little lawns we see in this country are almost entirely destroyed by 



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FORMS OF BEDS. 



one or both of these causes. The main part of the lawn should be left unbroken by any tree or 

 shrub, as a general rule, with only an occasional fine specimen, like a Purple Beech, or Magnolia, 

 or cut-leaved Birch. The shrubbery should be in clumps or groups, in proper places, and so 

 thick as to cover all the ground. The soil under them should be kept cultivated and clean like a 

 flower bed. Trees in appropriate places for shade and beauty, are, of course, desirable ; but 

 plant for the future, not for the present, and always have in view the size and form and habits of 

 the trees when full grown, and not their present small size, and, perhaps, delicate form. 



Tree planting must be governed by the extent of the 

 grounds. In a lawn em- 

 bracing many acres, forest 

 trees, or trees of large size, 

 may be admitted; and then 



it will partake somewhat of RIBBON BED. 



the character of European parks, the nature of which we have endeavored to show in the engraving. 

 These are not given the same care and expense as small lawns; indeed, the grass is often 

 kept short by sheep, and seldom mown. That portion of the lawn of such parks immediately 



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