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no public to intrude, to grow at will, flower and seed, 

 and then be cut down. In most places this would not 

 >be advisable, but a happy medium may be contrived, 

 and the grass saved from looking shaven and shorn. 

 The people who use lawns often fail to gain a sufficient 

 realization of the need of care in their development. 

 They would not think of walking over flowers or 

 beautiful dwarf foliage plants used in bedding. Just 

 as much in their own way do the blades of grass need to 

 be cultivated and preserved. The limitations of the 

 use of the mowing-machine should be strictly main- 

 tained dtiring abnormally wet or dry weather, hot or 

 cold weather, or during certain stages of growth. 

 There is a colour and shade and actual grace peculiar 

 to a lawn thus maintained that is of the highest impor- 

 tance in landscape gardening. The use of sheep on 

 lawns has its advantages, and certainly the grass wiU 

 do well under the effects of such pasturing, and gain a 

 more natural • appearance, and give a more pastoral 

 effect. 



