SOIL AND LAWNS 



work of the future become simply that of additional 

 planting and embellishment. 



There are, besides, many places by the sea where 

 nature herself supplies an admirable soil for lawn 

 building and flower growing. The soil of New 

 England's rocky coast and that of both sides of Long 

 Island Sound, as well as that of northern New Jersey 

 and some states farther south, seldom show the need 

 of a complete top-dressing. However, if one wished 

 to make a lawn at Atlantic City, it would surely be 

 necessary to cover the soil there with another of some 

 richness and body. 



Colonel Young has built a garden on the million 

 dollar pier at Atlantic City that divides attention 

 with his sea-lions and his statuary. The garden is 

 ostensibly one for the casual sightseer. In it gera- 

 niums, sweet alyssum, ageratums, and other well- 

 known plants live through their day much as they 

 do in other places. The position of the house acts as 

 a wave break for the garden, giving it the protection 

 from salt spray without which it could not live. The 

 soil in this garden appears almost black, somewhat 

 like swamp earth, while through it the native sand 

 shines as grains of silver. The remarkable stretches 

 of turf about the Oriental and the Manhattan Beach 

 Hotels of Long Island have only been made possible 

 by covering the sand with a layer of rich soil. 



A sandy soil, in fact, enriched with one of more 

 body and nourishing properties, is likely to favor the 

 ambition of garden builders. A clayey, hard soil 

 inclined to cake is the one of all others that is most 



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