. The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extent;. Landscape gardening; Trees; Suburban homes. [from old catalog]. CHAPTER XIII. THE LAWN. "Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten; Every clod feels a stir of might. An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light. Climbs to a soul in grass and ; Lowell. " On each side shrinks the bowery shade, Before me spreads an emerald glade; The sunshine steeps its grass and moss. That couch my footsteps as I ; Alfred B. Street. SMOOT
. The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extent;. Landscape gardening; Trees; Suburban homes. [from old catalog]. CHAPTER XIII. THE LAWN. "Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten; Every clod feels a stir of might. An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light. Climbs to a soul in grass and ; Lowell. " On each side shrinks the bowery shade, Before me spreads an emerald glade; The sunshine steeps its grass and moss. That couch my footsteps as I ; Alfred B. Street. SMOOTH, closely shaven surface of grass is by far the most essential element of beauty on the grounds of a suburban home. Dwellings, all the rooms of which may be filled with elegant furniture, but with rough uncarpeted floor's, are no more incongruous, or in ruder taste, than the shrub and tree and flower-sprinkled yards of most home-grounds, where shrubs and flowers mingle in confusion with tall grass, or ill-defined A. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Scott, Frank Jesup, 1828- [from old catalog]. New York, D. Appleton & co.
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