LANDSCAPE GARDENING STUDIES 



ings and always at the steepest part of the terri- 

 tory traversed. The risers of the steps should 

 never be more than six inches high, and even an 

 inch less is better. The tread should be eleven 

 or twelve inches. A low curb on the side will 

 protect the bordering bank from injury by those 

 afoot. The banks on each side should be heaped 

 up and on them trees and shrubs so planted as 

 to keep the steps out of view. 



No rock-work was used in connection with the 

 steps of these school-grounds as the country 

 there is sandy and free from anytiiing suggesting 

 the use of rocks. 



The improvement and preparation of the poor 

 gravelly soil for the purpose of making the lawn 

 were brought about by carting clay loam from a 

 place three miles distant and spreading it about 

 six inches thick and then mixing with it tv/o 

 inches of well-decomposed humus to supply the 

 necessary organic matter. 



The borders of the walks had to be made with 

 strips of sod, but the main lawn was sown with 

 Kentucky blue-grass as a base, mixed with Rhode 

 Island bent, creeping bent, and redtop. This 

 seed was raked in thoroughly and then rolled 

 with a heavy iron hand-roller without further 

 treatment except to supply moisture from hydrants 

 which were set every two hundred feet throughout 

 the grounds. These hydrants were rendered neces- 

 sary because of the sandy soil and infrequent 

 rain which characterize the climate of Sag Harbor. 

 Were it not for the humid air from the near-by 



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