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CHAPTER IX. 
MANAGEMENT OF THE LAWN, PLEASURE- 
GROUNDS, AND SHRUBBERY, OF A SMALL 
VILLA. 
The word Lawn may probably conjure up 
ideas of too large an extent of ground to be 
managed by a lady; but when I use the 
term, I do not mean an extensive park-like 
surface of level turf, but one of those beauti¬ 
ful verdant glades that produce so delightful 
an effect even in the smallest gardens. In 
places where the whole extent of garden- 
ground does not perhaps exceed an acre, 
every one must have felt the relief afforded 
to the eye by a broad strip of lawn, bordered 
by trees and shrubs, not in a formal line on 
each side, but running into numerous pro- 
