HOME GROUNDS 143 



The ground of the front yard may be covered 

 with grass or creeping plants. Between it and the 

 sky-line there will appear a bank of foliage. This 

 bank may be steep, may even overhang, giving a 

 deep shade, or it may have a very gradual slope 

 tapering off toward a distant view. It may be 

 formed entirely of one kind of growth, yet appear 

 varied because of the different amounts of light 

 received in various parts. The foliage in itself 

 may be varied, the leaves of certain trees or shrubs 

 being glossy, while that of others is dull. The 

 leaves may show a thousand different shapes. The 

 bank of foliage may be sprinkled with flowers or 

 with fruits. The branches of trees or shrubs may 

 spread far out over the ground in one place and 

 recede in another out of sight. The boundary of 

 trees and shrubs may be deciduous or evergreen. 

 In the former case, a curtain or bank of trunks and 

 branches will take the place of leaves in winter. 



The winter effect may be exceedingly interesting, 

 due to the various shades of color shown by the 

 bark of twigs and trunks of trees, to the forms and 

 colors of buds, and to the method of branching. 

 With the leaves gone, the sky-line drops to a lower 

 level, the space between its summer and winter 



