Example from hardy bulbs in grass 15 



Let much of the grass grow till fit to cut for hay, 

 and we may enjoy in it a world of lovely flowers 

 that will blossom and perfect their growth before hay 

 time; some who have carried out the ideas of this 

 book have waving lawns of feathery grass where they 

 used to shave the grass every ten days; a cloud 

 of flowers where a daisy was not let peep. 



It is not only to places in which shrubberies, and 

 plantations, and belts of grass in the rougher parts of 

 the pleasure ground, and moss-bordered walks occur 

 that these remarks apply. The suburban garden, 

 with its single fringe of planting, may show like 

 beauty, to some extent. It may have the Solomon's 

 Seal arching forth from a shady recess, behind tufts 

 of many Daffodils, while in every case there may 

 be fringes of strong and hardy flowers in the spring 

 sun. 



The prettiest results are only attainable where the 

 grass need not be mown till nearly the time the 

 meadows are mown. Then we may have gardens 

 of Narcissi, such as no one dreamt of years ago; 

 such as no one ever thought possible in a garden. 

 In grass not mown at all we may even enjoy many 

 of the Lilies, and all the lovelier and more stately 

 bulbous flowers of the meadows and mountain lawns 

 of Europe, Asia, and America. 



On a stretch of good grass which need not be 

 mown, and on fairly good soil in any part of our 

 country, beautj' may be enjoyed such as has hitherto 



