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the objects named would make, than there is to 

 having a similar picture hung on the wall of a room. 

 It is often possible to improve the appearance of a 

 house as it is seen from a distance by planting so 

 as to correct its proportions, soften its lines or hide 

 those parts which ought not to be seen. There is 

 hardly any building so beautiful that it cannot be 

 improved by planting so as to leave something to 

 the imagination. 



WOODS 



In what has already been said regarding home 

 grounds, some mention has been made of woods, 

 but this feature has not been emphasized suffi- 

 ciently. On city lots and grounds of moderate 

 size in any location, it will hardly be possible to 

 have a bit of forest, since the open sky with sun- 

 shine is more valuable than a collection of trees, 

 but even in such locations a thicket which has most 

 of the characteristics of woods on a small scale 

 might be introduced. 



To illustrate, a lot having a width of one hundred 

 feet, or perhaps less, might have in one corner a 

 thicket with red-buds at the back, then hawthorns 

 and perhaps a black haw or an elderberry (Fig. 32). 



