My attempts at a lawn. Twice have we had the ground carefully dug up, and prepared; twice it has been sown with the best English seed… at considerable expense; …and the end of all the trouble has been that a strong nor’wester has blown away both seed and soil, leaving only the hard, un-dug ground. …there are the croquet things, lying idle in the verandah… they are likely to remain unused for ever.
