CHAPTER FIVE 

 LAWNS AND SHRUBBERIES 



1 HE creation of a beautiful lawn is the work of 

 an artist. If you have culture yourself, it will find 

 shape and expression without trouble in lovely 

 grass plots, and in the grouping of trees and shrubs. 

 You must never get very far from nature; that is, 

 you must not adopt artifice and artificial arrange- 

 ments that bring you into contrast sharply with 

 natural grouping. The first thing to do is to lay 

 out a drive. If you have secured an old home- 

 stead with trees, the drives must adjust themselves 

 to whatever is in the way. Fashion just now has a 

 whim for straight paths; but common sense and 

 good taste place the entrance or entrances of your 

 place where they will allow an approach to the 

 house, very nearly as you would stroll in if there 

 were no roads at all. In this way the drives would 

 probably start not far from the corners, and would 

 curve about your shrubs and trees; and at every 



