Fig. 2651. 



COUNTRY EFFECTS IN TOWN. 



THE accompanying illustration gives 

 but a glimpse inside the grounds 

 about a city home, larger than an ordinary 

 city lot, of course, but not so targe as hun- 

 dreds of our modern city residences where 

 the inhabitants have none of nature's 

 beauty. Very few people understand how 

 simple a task it is to build up country life 

 about them. The high board fence cov- 

 ered with ampelopsis looks like a covered 

 building; it screens a vegetable garden. 

 From the drive to the barn is partitioned by 



a fence of birchbark logs. The drive hav- 

 ing a bend, trees and shrubbery to the right 

 cover closely. Under the tree is a footpath 

 with perennials on either side, perfectly 

 wild. To the left, in front of the residence, 

 is the open lawn. This sort of condition is 

 easily brought about on a place 150 x 150 

 feet. The material used is nothing more 

 than can be selected from any up-to-date 

 nurseryman's catalogue of trees, shrubbery 

 and perennials. — American Florist. 



