CHAPTER IX 



BURBANK'S METHOD OF BEAUTIFYING 

 LAWN AND DOORYARD 



THIS chapter tells how to apply Mr. Bur- 

 bank's method to the care and beautifica- 

 tion of the lawn and dooryard in their en- 

 tirety. It deals not alone with the lawn itself, 

 but with the bed flowers and ornamental vines that 

 beautify the dooryard. Mr. Burbank has pro- 

 duced wonderful new flowering vines and numer- 

 ous ornamental shrubs of great beauty. His work 

 with the canna, gladiolus, watsonia, amaryllis, 

 and rose has been as remarkable as almost any 

 other work that he has done. 



Many visitors to Mr. Burbank 's home in Santa 

 Rosa in recent years have been much interested 

 in the lawn about his dwelling. 



At a little distance this looked much like any 

 other lawn that is well covered with grass. But 

 closer inspection showed that the velvety cover- 

 ing was not made by grass, but by a trailing vine. 

 It was in reality a species of verbena of a peculiar 

 type. It is known to the botanist as Lippia, and 

 this word serves as well as any other for a popular 

 name. 



Lippias of several species were sent to Mr. Bur- 

 bank from Chile, and he has cultivated and devel- 



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