FOR SMALL PLACES. 



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Lawns generally — for we will say this much of grading 

 — should never be reduced to a perfect level. They shoulc 

 be 



centre, or 



raised in the 

 the sur- 

 face be given the 

 appeai'ance of a hol- 

 low. The side lawn 

 should generally as- 

 sume a more or less 

 slight incline tow- 

 ard the division 

 fence. The rear 

 lawn, if there is 

 any of considerable 

 relative size, should 

 be graded, if pos- 

 sible, in like manner 

 with the front. Of 

 course, special con- 

 ditions will vary 

 any such rules. 

 Their simple ob- 

 ject is to increase 

 the variety, and 

 thereby produce a 

 more pleasing and 

 natural effect. All 

 this, moreover, 



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.Fabliis Saad 



SUGGESTIONS FOR LAWN-PLANTING- 



, LARGE LAWN TREES ) 2, TREES OF MODERATE GROWTHS ; 3, DECIDUOUS 

 SHRUBS OF MODERATE GROWTHS ; 4, RARE AND DWARF DECIDUOUS AND 

 EVERGREEN SHRUBS ; 7, EVERGREEN TREES. LARGE SHRUBS EIGHT FEET 

 APART,— SMALL SHRUBS FOUR FEET APART, — HEDGE PLANTS TWO FEET 

 APART. RULES TO BE VARIED SOMEWHAT, ACCORDING TO THE NATURE OF 

 THE PLANT USED. 



gives the place a larger and more picturesque appear- 

 ance. In offering these few principles of an art capable of 



