We go abroad and revel in real sunshine, and come home with glowing memories to abuse our own cloudy skies; but they come from burnt-up landscapes to refresh their eyes with our perpetual green.
Even a little grassplot well repays pains and care.

If you have to make it, never use cheap seed.

Buy the very best from seedsmen of repute, or you will get a conglomeration of weeds instead of a greensward of fine grasses and white clover.

Trench the ground to an _even_ depth, tread it firm, and have light, finely-sifted soil uppermost.

Sow thickly early in April, cover lightly, and protect from birds.