CHAPTER VII. 



AUTUMNAL COLOR ON THE LAWN. 



HE supreme point of our enjoyment 

 of lawn-planting is reached when 

 we have compassed in our grounds 

 the loveliest effects of color. Al- 

 though this is a fact, I fancy we 

 seldom consciously attempt to com- 

 pass these color effects. A dress pat- 

 tern is selected, the tints of eveiy 

 part of the room, both walls, furniture, and floor, are studied 

 with the critical eye of genius, but when we come to the 

 lawn, composition of any kind is seldom attempted, much 

 less a harmonious disposition of color. 



Indeed, I believe, when any one does more than stand 

 specimens about wherever they may happen to come, form 

 is apt to receive first and almost exclusive attention. A 

 pyramidal tree, a broad-spreading tree, a tall tree, a dwarf 

 tree, secures a certain amount of attention for its proper dis- 

 position, but the foliage might be, to all intents and pur- 

 poses, one shade of green for any consideration color re- 



