CHAPTER TEN 



How a 

 landscape 

 gardener 

 regards the 

 lawn 



Grading 



How to 

 make the 

 lawn look as 

 large as it 

 should 



ORNAMENTAL GARDENING 



Great, wide, beautiful, wonderful world, 

 With the wonderful water around you curled, 

 And the wonderful grass upon your breast 

 World, you are beautifully drest. 



WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS 



WHETHER one's home is in the city or in the country, 

 it should be beautiful, and it can be made so. Even 

 a small lawn, a few flowers, some clumps of shrubs, 

 and a tree or two add to the feeling of comfort in a 

 home and increase its money value as well (Figs. 113 

 and 114). 



The lawn. Some one has spoken of the lawn as " the 

 canvas upon which the landscape artist places his pic- 

 ture." Flowers, trees, shrubbery, and buildings do not 

 appear to the best advantage without an expanse of 

 green to serve as a setting. 



The lot should be carefully graded before grass is 

 planted, for the surface of the lawn cannot well be made 

 even or given a different slope after sod is formed. If 

 the ground is naturally level, it should be sufficiently 

 built up near the house to give it a gentle slope toward 

 the street. This slope should be convex; that is, it 

 should have a slight bulge. The convex form makes 

 a lawn look larger, while a concave or dished surface 

 makes a lawn look cramped and small. Another means 

 of making the lawn appear prominent is to make walks 

 and drives less noticeable by having them a little lower 

 than the general level of the grass. 



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