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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIS7, 



Fig. 1800. Plan of Grounds. 



THE HOME AND ITS ENVIRONMENT. 



UR Canadian farmers and fruit-grow- 

 ers g-ive too little attention to the 

 decoration of their home surround- 

 ings. Every one may not be able 

 to build an expensive house, but even a neat 

 little cottage surrounded by the adornments 

 of nature may become more beautiful than a 

 mansion unadorned as to environment by 

 either nature or art. 



In the beautifying of a home, trees are 

 essential. They are not only beautiful in 

 themselves, but often serve to shut out ob- 

 jectionable views, to afford shelter from high 

 winds and also to give shade from the heat 

 of the sun. In grouping trees for ornamen- 

 tation one should become quite familiar with 

 the various forms and characteristic features 

 oi trees, for if a man knows nothing of the 



shape which a tree will take v^en fully ma- 

 tured he may make serious blunders. 



One mistake commonly made is planting 

 too close. This very often shuts out views 



Fig. i8oi. 



House First on an Open Plain Improved by 



Planing Trees, Etc. 



