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city streets would be planted attractively, and 

 ample spaces in the most suitable situations would 

 be devoted to parks. The beauties of nature - 

 the streams, hillsides, lakes, and rivers- -when 

 they exist within or near a city, would be preserved 

 as indicated in subsequent chapters. 



The individual homes of the cities and villages, 

 whether large or small, would become fully as at- 

 tractive as corresponding homes in other countries, 

 where even the smallest yard is usually charming. 



The home of a laborer or mechanic may indeed 

 be as artistic as that of his employer. There is no 

 reason why a laborer should not have a hobby and 

 become an authority, at least in his neighborhood, 

 on some special subject. It might be some plant 

 or class of plants which he would raise and value 

 in his back yard, some plants grown for flowers, 

 or certain vegetables or small-fruits. A hobby 

 of this kind, having to do with life out-of-doors 

 and the good appearance of one's home, is con- 

 nected with landscape-gardening, but for fear that 

 some will say that a laborer has no time for hobbies, 

 the reader is asked to read the statement of an actual 

 example, although, in this case, the hobby had no 

 very close relation to landscape-gardening. 



