INTRODUCTION. 



N presenting to the reader the fol- 

 lowing brief and unpretending chap- 

 ters, I am fully aware that the 

 subject of landscape gardening is 

 receiving at my hands unsystematic 

 and insufficient treatment. At the 

 very outset, therefore, I wish to say 

 that the principal feeling that has 

 inspired the present undertaking has been a desire to 

 arouse, by simple desultory talks, increased enthusiasm for 

 lawn-making among men of moderate means. 



Most people have some land, or can in this country 

 readily get it. As a rule, however, they accomplish little 

 towards the proper development of the landscape-garden- 

 ing capabilities of such land as they have. The hired man 

 generally advises them to a considerable degree, and then 

 carries out the plans agreed upon, without much let or 

 hindrance from the employer, or comprehension of the com- 

 parative value of the completed work. 



