ON LAWN BEAUTIFICATION 



bryanthemum, which grows on all seacoasts. This 

 produces an enormous amount of very heavy foli- 

 age, w r hich is not moved even by a strong stream of 

 water. 



The other is the vine commonly called the trail- 

 ing myrtle (Vinca minor). This forms a great mass 

 of long white roots and long-topped vines with 

 abundant evergreen foliage, which resists stream 

 wash by shingling the whole surface so that the 

 water cannot reach the soil. 



Another variety of seedling lippia grows only 

 half as fast, but has very fine dark green leaves 

 and lies very close to the ground, making a most 

 beautiful velvety lawn, while the older lippias 

 made a very unsightly lawn, though valuable for 

 dry climates. Unfortunately none are hardy in the 

 cold northern climates. 



A third variety of lippia has pale green leaves, 

 is a slower and more compact grower, and makes 

 a lawn that contracts charmingly in color with a 

 lawn of the other lippias, or ordinary lawns of 

 bluegrass. 



A fourth variety has long rope-like runners 

 growing in all directions, but not filling up the 

 spaces, and therefore not being suitable for lawns. 

 Still another has hairy leaves that give it a peculiar 

 frosty appearance, whereas the leaves of other va- 

 rieties are most often glossy. 



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