LAWNS 



IN the eyes of most people who have had no experi- 

 ence of their own in these matters, an open stretch 

 of turf is a comparatively blank space that offers 

 itself more or less strenuously for occupation, as is ex- 

 emplified by the frequent efforts of citizens to employ 

 park meadows for public shows, race courses, and mena- 

 geries. It would really seem as if an open lawn, with all 

 its beautiful expanse of turf, emerald-hued and cloud- 

 shadowed, would impress wholesome-minded human be- 

 ings as something more than a neglected opportunity 

 for some building, glass house, or flower garden; but 

 everything depends on the standpoint from which one 

 looks at a question. If one is thinking of deer paddocks 

 or flower gardens, a vacant piece of grass suggests only 

 the opportunity for promoting the favored object. If 

 the eyes of ordinary observers can be brought to dwell 

 on grass space as a strictly beautiful object which they 

 ought to be able to appreciate, open meadows will soon 

 become for them also supremely valuable possessions. 



After falling for a while under the spell of their gen- 

 tle and quiet pastoral charm, one will feel that the very 

 heart of the landscape picture lies within the tender 

 green space, the delicate refined quality of which has, 



