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38. Trees and Shrubs Grouped at Long, Many Radiating Lines 



Affording Vistas in Many Directions 72 



39. Affording Vistas Under and Through Trees 73 



40. Screen at Different Elevations 74 



41. Vistas Through Trees, Shrubs and Plants 75 



42. Vistas Through Trees, Shrubs and Plants 76 



43. Groups of Trees at Entrance 77 



44. Groups of Trees at Crown of Rounded Surface 78 



45. Shrubs and Plants Banked Against Veranda 79 



46. Cutting Back of Hedge 87 



47. Result of Cutting Back Hedge-plants 87 



48-49. Correct Forms of Hedges 88 



50. Incorrect Form of Hedge 88 



51. Where Cuts Should be Made in Pruning Shrubs 88 



52. Vine-covered Cottage 91 



53. Flagstones in Place of Gravel or Concrete 96 



54. Combined Walk and Drive 98 



55. Semi-circular Walk and Drive 98 



56. Method of Obtaining Curves 100 



57. Location of Tile in Draining Road-bed 102 



58. Location of Tile in Draining Road-bed 102 



59. The Result of Too Close Planting 105 



60-61. Old Shrubs Divided and Pruned 106 



62. Form of Shrubs 106 



63. Covering Bank Wall no 



64. Turfing Against Wall in 



65. A Well-decorated Farm House 115 



66. Section of Ordinary Country Road 121 



67. Section of Macadam Road 121 



68. A Properly Constructed Bar 122 



69. An Improperly Constructed Bar 122 



70. An Improperly Gravelled Roadbed 124 



71. A Properly Gravelled Roadbed 124 



72. Roadside Decorated at Entrance 127 



73. A Roadside Picture 130 



74. A Roadside Picture — Natural Growth, Well-Cared-for 131 



75. Back-yard Picture 135 



76. Decorated Well-curb 136 



77. Back Porch Decorated Well-curb 139 



78. Combined, Ornamental and Useful 140 



