THE LAWN 



this is done — and done well — ^the soil you add will 

 settle, after a little, and the result will be a de- 

 pression — ^not as deep as the original one, of 

 course, but still a depression that will make a 

 low place that will be very noticeable. But by 

 packing and pounding doAvn the earth as you fill 

 it in, it can be made as solid as the soil surround- 

 ing it, and in this way all present and future 

 unevenness of the soil can be done away with. It 

 is attention to such details as these that makes 

 a success of the work, and I would urge upon 

 the amateur lawn-maker the absolute necessity of 

 working slowly and carefully, and slighting noth- 

 ing. Undue haste and the lack of thoroughness 

 will result in a slovenly job that you will be 

 ashamed of, before it is done, and so disgusted 

 with, on completion, that you will not feel like 

 doing the work over again for fear another effort 

 may be more unsatisfactory than the first one. 

 Therefore do good work in every respect as you 

 go along, and the work you do will be its own 

 reward when done. 



It is impossible to put too much work on the 

 soil. That is — ^you cannot make it too fine and 

 mellow. The finer it is the finer the sward will 

 be. A coarse, lumpy soil will always make an 

 unsatisfactory lawn-surface. 



