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have genuine American lawns adorned witli only such 

 plants as suit the special conditions of the country and 

 locality. 



We are learning that because an English or Scotch 

 gardener tells us \\e should have a particular tree which he 

 has grown successfully in England, we are not necessarily 

 to assume that horticultural skill, whether Scotch, or Eng- 

 lish, or French, must be able to compass, in some occult 

 way, its successful employment on American lawns. 



Just as we are developing with active enthusiasm home 

 art in our interior, so we are gaining an increasing I'ealiza- 

 tion of the importance of studying personally the needs 

 and capacities of our lawns. During the next few years 

 we may be sure that lawn planting as an art is likely to 

 develop into a most important feature of the home-life of 

 the humblest citizen who owns a spot of ground. 



Therefore to those who would keep abreast of the time 

 in such matters, I would say, give every possible chance 

 to the June effects of trees and shrubs on the lawn. These 

 occur on the white days of the year, and all intelligent care 

 in the selection and culture of such plants will be now 

 more than ever repaid in the pleasure thus afforded both 

 our friends and ourselves. 



