YARD DECORATION. 



N no way is the character of the oc- 

 cupants of a country home more 

 i truly judged by the passer by, than 

 by the taste shown in the lawn and its 

 surroundings. An attractive exterior is 

 certainly important for the house, but 

 not so important as a well laid out lawn. 



beauty of the place does not at all con- 

 sist in the house, which is but a plain 

 square building, but rather in the well 

 kept lawn, the graceful curve of the 

 carriage way, and the graceful trees and 

 shrubs, which form a beautiful setting 

 for the house itself. 



Fig. lO.M. — " .SrRiNGHURST." 



We are glad to learn that many of 

 our affiliated Horticultural Societies are 

 giving especial attention to the culti- 

 vation of a taste in this direction both in 

 public parks and private lawns, and 

 truly it is time that our country began 

 to make some steps in advance in this 

 line of art. 



In the accompanying illustration, for 

 example, it is quite evident that the 



Prof. Bailey, of Cornell University, 

 has recently issued a valuable bulletin 

 on " Planting Shrubbery " which we 

 have read with much interest. He first 

 condemns the nursery type of planting 

 a door yard, as shown in Fig. 1055. 

 How frequently one meets with this 

 error. Instead of an open stretch of 

 greensward, which is the beauty and orna- 

 ment of a well-planned house yard, we 



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