Hwdly anything ahnnt “ style 
large or small, SO comp e y appearance, 
of fhe master as the treatmeu , app^^^^^ 
and adornment of the awn. 
attractive and fascinating Jatoe 
scape gardening; and to haimom 
:J„,fnd velvety appea-.”^^^^^ 
rugged and broken foliage of ® 
wfch border it, is the most grat.f> mg sue 
cess of the gardener. -j,, the 
The principle which should gmd 
Jal'nt etk Ian. 1 - « T 
that which directs all other attest® 
beautify and adorn the gi-oimds-foi this 
reason, that when the ornamentation sought 
is by the introduction of trees, we select the 
most perfect types of their species, so that 
the copse or plantation will assume a truly 
natural appearance. On tlie other hand, the 
lawn in its perfection is piuely artificial in 
everything that makes its distinguishing 
characteristics. The sm-face must be made 
as smooth as .possible. The turf is culti¬ 
vated simply as turf, and not to gi'ow grass 
for forage. In the hottest rays of the sun it 
must not sere nor blanch;, it must be a 
velvety carpet of Imng green fi’om early 
spring-time until frost and snow. The de¬ 
signer must have the art to eouceol its arti¬ 
ficial character, and make it appear that this 
elegant and emerald surface, soft and delicate 
enough for a fairy dance, is the most natural 
thing to expect to find in the midst of its 
fringing plantations, and that the residence 
was put where it is that the owner might 
enjoy this bit of loveliness. 
■ A lawn must be of such a size that the 
proper treatment; in harmonizing its sm’- 
ronndings will not dWarf its appearance and 
cause it to:look like an Oak opening. WTien 
the laum comprises himdreds;of acres, and 
with.its. plantations'assumes the character 
of a park, no specific rules can be laid down, 
but each case must-have special treatment! 
Some pieces of grass, which the owners think 
charming lawns, are sun-ounded with ro^ys 
of trees as stiff as a line of marines at a ship’s 
gangway. 
Most lawns are surfaced to a true plane, 
and have the appearance of sagging at the 
center. This arises from an optical illusion, 
to correct which a gentle swell .should-be 
^ven to It, and this (by a careful study Tf 
the contours before starting) can be 
with little difficulty. ^ 
The next point is drainage, which if tbo 
land is dry and gravelly, will Jo need 
a good lawn on such soils. If the n 
gravelly clay or hard-pan, it mustbet 'i 
with pipes laid four feet deeJn 
forty feet apart. If tlio s^Hs J 
Will be greatly improved by spread^! J 
two to three hundred loads tJ ! 5 
olayey material. This should b * *'^'*'*^ 
the action of the frost will tl ** 
I. 
» as deeply as can be done w h 
plow and team attainable. A i 
mg of peaty muck will do mu J f ^ 
such a soil. To this should be Iffiild 
of salt and a bushel of lime to b! 
salt being dissolved and the 
the hme 
n the - ig by aeep p 
,e,thod of 5 three times in 
ing. the ^ .^^ph of two 
samefm-row. .Byte the gi-ass 
feet or more ^ the drought, more 
^11 be enabled to i ^^^^er-draiued, as 
especially the cost is not re¬ 
recommended. a half 
stricted, treiic laving the di-ain tiles 
to three feet in <£ 0 ? ’ J After the surface 
as the trenching proceeds. 
is well pulverizei, se (jrass and 
Tilthy or Bed-top, or both, or would till 
the In the fii-st .year, or would sow Oats m- 
other gmin with the grass, as is ^loue lu laj 
ing douni ground for a grass crop , l^^it the.e 
practices are not to be recommended. If the 
Lil is good average land, treated as de¬ 
scribed, no manure or fertUizer will be 
needed; but wood ashes, leached or un¬ 
leached, and old lime rubbish may be freely 
spread on the surface aud carefully incor¬ 
porated wdth the soil. Endeavor to sow the 
seed just before a change of weather which 
indicates rain. After sowing, harrow in 
well and roll with a garden roller. As soon 
as the grass is well started, roll it one day 
and out it with a lawn mower the next, aud 
follow this up every teu days. If the lawn 
’is finished in May, bj autumn you will have 
a good velvety turf. 
As to boundaries, most lawns bound on 
the highway, and arc pfteii fenced with stone 
walls.- If the lawn is on a level with the top 
of the wall, thus hiding it from sight, no 
change is necessary, but otherwise it should 
be removed; and if a fence must be main¬ 
tained, let it be of wire, with light iron 
standards. But it looks more ample and 
generous to merge the lawn in the sidewalk, 
as if it were a part of the grounds. The 
practice of discarding walls and fences be¬ 
tween the highway and the lawn is becoming 
more general, and has many pleasant feat¬ 
ures, with many drawbacks, which are largely 
the result of local peculiarities, prejudices 
and misdemeanors. 
It will be well to border the lawn with 
plantations of trees, the manner of doing 
which IS to be determined by the views to be 
oMamedfroni the house, which control every 
other consideration; but if views of distairt 
nto the v.stas of the lawn, it is best to 
and fall. If tho 1 , "'aimtli m spring 
to U,row out in “'7 «oas 
e>-ound,thosurtnofrn' 
merge with the foli, T" 
y/«, 
HAEDINE 88 OP AZALEAS 
the Peniri;;; arnlSo ''mt 
A PL0WEE-L0V11I& oiTv 
In his interesting series of lot/’ 
dustrial Germany,” to the New-vin " *»• 
Robert P. Porter gives the followi 
sketch of a market day in Chemnit/S® '^'^4 
“ Saturday is a good day to see th 
out, for that is market day. The * 
posed for sale comprised almost evlw 7 ’^' 
“Flowers and ferns and. 
abounded everywhere. Crowds of 
were coming and going: men with 
caps and blue blouses; women with® •? 
striped gowns of every ima^ahle 
and red, yellow, or blue handkerchiefs „ 
their heads, and monstrous baskets strai .7 
to their hacks-these were the laboreri 
the day. There were young women witt 
their hair well braided, and sometime, 
parted on one side, which, with rather short 
dresses, bright-colored stockings, and noat 
shoes, gave them quite a jaunty appearance 
“ The crowd were buying every conceiv! 
able thing: some tiying on coats, others 
fitting boots, others picking out cheap finery 
others buying pro-visions—all buyingflowers! 
Such people for flowers in large quantities! 
never before met with. The old, the young 
the plain, the pretty, the well-to-do, the 
poor, all left the market laden with flowers 
—mostly wreaths. To see them one would 
think the town of Chemnitz had gone wreath- 
mad. The mania appeared in every' form. 
Old bro-wn-skinned matrons moved slowly 
home laden with baskets of provisions on 
their hacks and wreaths of flowers encircling 
their arms; ydung girls briskly left the mar¬ 
ket carrying their purchases, and around 
their necks and arms garlands of flowers; 
little children trudged home lugguig hngo 
baskets, but also laden with -wreaths of 
flowers. I actually saw several poor women 
without shoes and stockings buying wreaths 
of flowers.” 
THE FLORA OF JAFAH. 
A letter in the livening Post from Jap*® 
says: The flora of Japan is as extensive as 
the fauna is limited. We did not see a single 
wild animal in all our journey, and only once 
or twice heard a bird chirrup. But even 
this unfavorable time of the year we oun 
plenty of strange faces in the ’ 
and many old friends on every' han . 
growing wild, though elsewhere know 
us only in flower gardens. Hero ^ 
Cyclamen, Azalea, and Camellia, a 
ing with gi-eat luxuriance, Wie'««»’^ 
bank.s of Bhododoiidrous, ««>«.> ,jo 
and Doutzias. Gracoful Caladiuins h 
by the wayside. They are much cult 
by the natives as an nrtiole 0 „iid 
The loaves of the Maples J the 
supplied almost all tho hues 
deep crimson of tho ^‘^’"'‘.'^ 3 ^, 1 , 008 . 'f'"’ 
brilliant greon of tbo shapely 
mountains wore densely (iiniieo'"' 
to summit, a condition rat j ,,c hoe" 
mon. But! tho picture would 
coinploto without 'g colofS 
Conifers upon which the go.ge^ O-^-' 
the deciduous trees . ./their 
soon, those giant trees, wi gjten- 
often hidden by Ivy, oannot bet _ 
