ON LAWN BEAUTIFICATION 



green, close-growing lawn. The other, named 

 Mojave, has light-green foliage, in color not unlike 

 that of the older lippias, but is a larger and far 

 more rapid grower. This form is particularly val- 

 uable for quickly covering banks that are subject 

 to erosion from streams or heavy rainfall. It rap- 

 idly makes an impenetrable mat that resists the 

 invasion of water most persistently. 



With all their tenacity in resisting storms, 

 drought, and constant tramping, these lippias do 

 not become weeds, as they produce no under- 

 ground stolons. By simple plowing or spading 

 they may be more readily removed than the or- 

 dinary lawn grass. 



If left all summer without mowing, the lippia 

 lawn makes a rich bee pasture resembling some of 

 the handsome low growing clovers. If mown once 

 or twice it has the general appearance of a blue- 

 grass lawn, being soft and yielding to the tread like 

 a fine Axminster carpet. The lippias do not thrive 

 so w r ell in the shade, being essentially sun lovers. 

 They turn brown during a few weeks in winter. 

 The two new lippias just described settle the lawn 

 question for sunny places in warm climates, as well 

 as the problem of very greatly lessening the wast- 

 ing of land by erosion on river banks and hillsides. 



Meantime other experiments are being carried 

 on with various other plants which give promise of 



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