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• - Weed laws article on landscaping (John Marshall Law Review) covering the natural landscaping movement starting with Aldo Leopold.
  
• - Essay by Wolfgang Mieder on an American proverb of discontent. From De Proverbio: An Electronic Journal of International Proverb Studies.
  
• - Thomas Jefferson's dream lawn lives on. Interactive tour.
  
• - "In Praise of Blue Grass" by Kansas Senator John James Ingalls(1833-1900). Grass is said to be the "forgiveness of nature," covering battlefields, feeding the world.
  
• - One of the world's leading authorities on vintage lawnmowers and the largest import and export specialists in antique garden machinery. From Ransomes' horse and pony mowers to racing mowers and the world's first mower designed in 1830 by engineer Mr. Edw