54 Hints on Landscape Gardening 



and I have abandoned it on account of the great 

 expense. In time of extreme drought any lawn 

 will, in spite of all irrigation, be inferior to one 

 which has had plenty of rain, but even if, in the 

 hottest months, the lawn should be apparently 

 all burned up, yet it will be renewed in the au- 

 tumn. In any case, during periods of great heat 

 and severe drought it is advisable neither to roll 

 nor to mow. Except' under these circumstances, 

 the time of mowing and rolling should begin 

 when the grass has grown an inch or two and 

 only cease on the approach of the season of frost 

 and snow. This continuous procedure is, of 

 course, expensive, and in many places in Eng- 

 land it is customary to keep well mowed only 

 the lawn in front of the house and on the bor- 

 ders of the "pleasure-ground," especially when 

 the master is absent. The closeness of the grass, 

 however, as well as its cleanliness, suffers, as I 

 have often experienced, if it is not continually 

 mown. In very large gardens it is as well to 

 keep several men for the single purpose of mow- 

 ing,' and to let them mow continuously in the 

 morning hours, so that when the last piece is 

 finished, the work can be at once taken up at 

 the beginning. In this way it is possible to have 

 the lawn appear for the largest part tidy all the 

 time, as to mow and roll and sweep such exten- 

 sive spaces all at once in one or two mornings 



' In general it is advisable to keep the same workmen on the one 

 task. They do their work better and more quickly, and give more 

 satisfaction. 



