LANDSCAPE 

 GARDENING STUDIES 



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LAWNS 



TO grade a lawn properly, requires the eye of 

 an artist and the skilled hand of a true 

 artisan. One has to feel and study not only 

 the contour of the land itself but also the suiTound- 

 ing conditions. A level lawn in the midst of a roll- 

 ing territory will be forced and ill fitted. The 

 contour of a lawn should form an integral part of 

 the general character of any special region. 



A level surface, even if it could be obtained, 

 would seldom have value, for no territory is abso- 

 lutely level. Therefore, whether long flowing lines 

 or shorter ones be employed, they should be so 

 graduated as to blend and lose themselves one in 

 the other. 



If drainage is necessary, the lawn should be 

 underdrained with tile laid about two feet below 

 the surface. Clay loams and heavy clay soils are 

 nearly always improved by such treatment. In 

 England so fully is the value of drainage appre- 

 ciated that landlords will lend money to tenants 

 for this purpose, believing that the returns will 

 secure the payment of the debt. 



The ideal way of fertilizing a lawn is to secure a 

 chemical analysis of a number of samples taken 



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