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tidy on all parts of their home-grounds, as economical, exceed- 

 ingly convenient, cleanly, and, in the hands of a good architect, 

 effective in adding to the apparent extent and home-look of the 

 place. But for persons unaccustomed to maintain the same clean- 

 liness around the outbuildings as in the " front yard," it may not 

 do so well. 



The walks being disposed of, let us attend to the planting j and 

 begin with the front. Further on we may describe in detail what 

 trees and shrubs may be especially adapted to the different places 

 here marked ; our object now being only to allude to the manner 

 in which the plan, that has been completed on paper, may be 

 worked out on the ground. At a, b, and c are three pairs of trees, 

 intended to form a short umbrageous approach-avenue to the 

 house. They are all seven feet from the walk; a a are two 

 squares, or eight feet from the front ; b b, five squares, or twenty 

 feet ; c c are eight squares, or thirty-two feet. Flanking these, on 

 the left, is a mass of evergreens, several of which are on the line 

 H, and others on the intersections of squares to the left, as shown 

 by the plan. At the intersection of the lines 2 and A, or sixteen 

 feet from the front, and eight feet from the side fence, is the 

 small tree /; at the intersection of 2 and D is a small tree or 

 shrub e; and four feet farther right, and four feet nearer the front 

 street, is its companion shrub e. The small tree or large shrub d, 

 is shown by the squares to be eight feet from the front, and twenty 

 feet from the side street, on the line i. The intelligent reader 

 will see how easily the plan for the arrangement of trees and 

 shrubs may be worked out in this manner throughout ; and, after 

 a few years' growth and good care of his plantings, ought to realize 

 plainly the superior beauty of a well-considered plan. 



