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leaving a lawn directly in front of the house, with perhaps a 

 few tall-headed, deciduous trees for shade. The heaviest plant- 

 ing, of course, should be on the side from which come the most 

 annoying winds. If a good outlook means anything to the 

 farmer and his family and most country people do appreciate 

 it the border planting will be omitted at the points from 

 which pleasing views may be obtained. Very often this heavy 

 front-yard planting completely shuts out the views of the 



23 farm and surrounding country that might have been enjoyed 

 from the house. This slide shows a farm home so modest that 



24 it has endeavored to hide itself from view. The next slide 

 shows a view of the farm that could have been enjoyed from 

 the porch of this house if the front yard had not been so choked 



25 with trees, especially evergreens. The next slide shows one 

 way of improving the same home. Since the grounds are 

 quite small, most of the tall trees are planted back of the house, 

 giving it a background. The low trees and the shrubs are 

 planted in masses around the sides of the place, and against 

 the foundation of the house. The flowers are planted in the 

 borders against the shrubbery. There is a good lawn. The 

 sketch does not show another much needed improvement a 

 vine climbing over the porch. This sketch illustrates the 

 three most important points in planting the yard the back- 

 ground of trees, heavy planting along the sides of the yard, 

 and an open lawn in front of the house. 



A few high-headed shade trees in the lawn immediately in 

 front of the house are not necessarily a disadvantage, as the 



26 next slide shows. There is a nice open lawn beneath the trees, 

 and the house is not shut out of view from the road. These 

 trees protect the house from the hot sun and bleak winds and 

 give a grateful shade on the lawn. Shade trees like these are 

 always desirable in the front lawn. If, however, this front 

 yard were filled with evergreens and shrubs and were cut up 

 with flower beds, the effect would not be at all pleasing. 

 These should be planted along the sides of the yard, not in the 

 middle. 



Shrubs are also seen to advantage when planted against the 



27 foundation of the house, as is shown here. The foundation is 

 usually not attractive, and the shrubbery hides it. The shrubs 

 also make the house seem less artificial; it appears to rise out 



28 of the shrubbery. The corner by the steps, which usually is a 

 catchall for rubbish, may be made beautiful by filling it with 

 plants. 



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