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Renovating old Lawns. — Where lawns, notwithstanding every care, 

 show unmistakable signs of decay, there is only one thing left to be 

 done. That is to lift the turf in autumn, and give the soil beneath a 

 thorough digging and manuring as if about to lay turves in the first 

 place. After the preparation and levelling of the soil in the way 

 indicated above, the turves may be replaced, beaten down and rolled, 

 and receive the same treatment generally as a newly made lawn. 



LIST XVI 



Ornamental Plants suitable for large Lawns, Parks dc, and for 

 Subtropical Gardening 



Abutilon, p. 278. 

 Acanthus, p. 736. 

 Agave, p. 916. 

 Aralia, p. 469. 

 Arundinaria, p. 965. 

 Arundo, p. 958. 

 Bambusa, p. 968. 

 Bocconia, p. 195. 

 Canna, p. 885. 

 Catalpa, p. 732. 

 Chamserops exoelsa, p. 956. 

 Cineraria maritima, p. 541. 



Cordyline australis, p. 822. 

 Cortaderia, p. 960. 

 Eucalyptus globulus, p. 447. 

 Ferula, p. 468. 

 Funkia, p. 816. 

 Grevillea robusta, p. 776. 

 Gunnera, p. 446. 

 Gyuerium, p. 960. 

 Melianthus, p. 317. 

 Molopospermum, p. 467. 

 Montanoa, p. 513. 

 Musa Ensete, p. 888. 



Paulowuia, p. 712. 

 Phormium tenax, p. 816. 

 Phyllostachys, p. 969. 

 Polygonum, p. 768. 

 Ehus, p. 319. 

 Eicinus, p. 784. 

 Sambucus aurea, p. 478. 

 Solanum, p. 687. 

 Traohycarpus, p. 956. 

 Wigandia, p. 669. 

 Yucca, p. 820. 

 Zea Mays, p. 964. 



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While it is an excellent thing to have beautiful Lawns, Elower Borders, 

 Eock Gardens, and patches of Fruits and Vegetables in a garden, it is 

 no less excellent to be able to reach any or all of these particular spots 

 by means of pleasant walks, paths, or roadways. In designing any 

 garden, therefore, it is a matter of the greatest importance to allow a 

 proper amount of space for walks and pathways. Whether these are 

 perfectly straight or more or less curved, wide or narrow, will depend 

 a good deal upon individual taste and the size of the garden. Some 

 people seem to have a mania for making walks in every possible place, 

 , and this results in cutting the surface of the garden up into a kind 

 of patchwork, with little triangles here, circles there, horse-shoes, 

 rectangles, and many other fantastic and useless shapes for flower beds 

 &c. dotted about here and there. As few footpaths as possible should 

 be in the garden, and space given only to those absolutely necessary. 

 This will not only allow of more space for flowers, fruit, or vegetables, 

 but will not necessitate so much labour in the up-keep of the pathways. 



