LAWNS AND THEIR 

 BEAUTIFICATION 



Some Old and New Shbubs and 



Grasses 



MOST people who see a good Lippia lawii 

 are surprised to learn that it is not a 

 gi'ass. At a little distance this looks 

 very much like any other lawn that is well cov- 

 ered with grass. But on closer inspection it ap- 

 pears that the lawn is carpeted with a plant that 

 is obviously not a grass. It is in reality a spe- 

 cies of verbena, very much more closely related 

 to the familiar flower of that name than any 

 other plant in cultivation. 



This anomalous substitute for lawn grass is a 

 plant wliich was briefly referred to in an earlier 

 chapter as a relative of the verbena. It is known 

 as Lippia repens, sometimes as Lippia canescens. 



It is a plant indigenous to Chile, from which 

 country I received the seed from which the new 

 and greatly improved lawn plant was developed 

 a number of years ago. 



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