IT I. Before You Plant against the Foundations 



Your house, whether you live in city or country, will look as bare as these houses did 

 in 1013, before seventeen houses in three blocks were planted under the direction of Profes- 

 sor Root. The foundation is the one spot around every house that needs attention first of 

 all. Forget everything else and register a promise right now that you will do the funda- 

 mental thing necessary to make your house look like a real home ! 



112. After You Plant against the Foundations 



In three years your planting will look as well as this, for small shrubs of nursery sir.e 

 mature in three or four years. The best way is to use Illinois plants for Illinois problems, 

 as much as possible, but any way is good, provided you use permanent shrubs and vines. 

 Invest $10 now in foundation planting ana you will be so delighted with the results .hat . 

 in three years you will have a comprehensive plan for your home grounds. 



I WILL 



D Plant or improve my WINDBREAK, not live in a bare, wind-swept spot. 



D SCREEN unsightly objects, e. g., barnyard and outbuildings. 



D Frame the VIEW of my house from the road and of the farm from my dining-room and porch. 



D Plant bushes and vines against the FOUNDATIONS of my house. 



D Make a good permanent LAWN, not a cheap weed-patch, and keep the center open, not 

 scatter plants over it. 



D Have SHRUBBERY, instead of artificial hedges, or temporary flower-beds in the middle 

 of the lawn. 



D Save old TREES on lawn, roadside, or pasture. 



D Plant chiefly long-lived NATIVE MATERIAL, not short-lived "quick-growers" or foreign 

 and artificial varieties. 



D Make a practical FLOWER-GARDEN, e. g., a cut-flower, bird, children's wild, winter, or 

 tree garden, instead of copying something eastern, English, or Italian. 



D Plant an ILLINOIS BORDER, sacred to Illinois trees, shrubs, and wild flowers. 



D Restore and preserve the LOCAL COLOR, instead of destroying every shrub within a mile. 



D Adopt the ILLINOIS WAY, not the gaudy, conventional, and imitative style, for I do not 

 want my place to look like every beginner's the world over. 



D Build and plant a PERMANENT COUNTRY HOME. 



D PLAN or re-plan my home grounds, or engage a landscape gardener. 



Without agreeing to pay anybody anything, I promise to do some permanent ornamental 

 planting within a year. 



