THE LAWN 



think, when you set out plants, of their present 

 size, but of the sizo they will have attained to five 

 or six years from now. Do not aim at immediate 

 effect, as most of us do in our impatience for 

 results. Be content to plant — and wait. I shall 

 give no diagrams for lawn-planting for two 

 reasons. The first one is — ^no two places are ex- 

 actly alike, and a diagram prepared for one 

 would have to be so modified in order to adapt it 

 to the needs of the other that it would be of little 

 value, save in the way of suggestion, and I think 

 suggestions of a general character without the 

 diagram will be found most satisfactory. The 

 second reason is — ^few persons would care to 

 duplicate the grounds of his neighbor, and this he 

 would be obliged to do if diagrams were depended 

 on. Therefore I advise each home-owner to 

 plant his lawn after plans of his own prepara- 

 tion, after having given careful consideration to 

 the matter. Look about you. Visit the lawns 

 your neighbors have made, and discover wherein 

 they have made mistakes. Note wherein they 

 have been successful. And then profit by their 

 experience, be it that of success or failure. 



Do not make the mistake of planting trees 

 and shrubs in front of the house, or between it 

 and the street. Place them somewhere to the 



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