CHAPTER I. 



THE LAWN. 



O the minds of most readers the lawn 

 suggests simply grass. We say we 

 will walk on the lawn, and the 

 thought of soft, velvety, newly cut 

 grass immediately arises. In an 

 ordinary sense, the lawn includes 

 trees, shrubs, flowers, rocks, etc., 

 but in actual fact, I believe, the 

 idea of mo\vn grass is first and foremost in the mind when 

 the word lawn is used. I am therefore going to limit my 

 remarks to the more or less level grass spaces that are open 

 and agreeable to those who care to wander over their close- 

 <iut surface. 



Among shi'ubs, rocks, and flowers, one should not, and 

 would not be likely to care to wander. Here the grass 

 would be naturally allowed to grow longer, and the inter- 

 lacing branches and irregular grass surface would impede 

 progress. The open close-cut grass space is, moreover, the 

 lawn proper for all purposes of occupation. 



