The average lawn to which the author refers is the lawn developedin the immediate vicinity of the residence. If building operations haveextended over the greater portion of this lawn area, as is general on thesmaller residence lots, then all of the topsoil should have been strippedand placed in one or more large piles prior to the commencement of anybuilding operations. In the preparation of a lawn area under suchconditions it is very advisable to delay actual work upon this area untilafter that portion of the building operations apt to cause further litterto be thrown over the lawn area is completed. While the ideal lawn