SECTION II 



THE PLAN OF THE PLACE 



One cannot expect satisfaction in the planting 

 and developing of a home area unless he has a 

 definite conception of what is to be done. This 

 necessarily follows, since the pleasure which one 

 derives from any enterprise depends chiefly upon 

 the definiteness of his ideals and upon his ability 

 to develop them. The home-maker should de- 

 velop his plan before he attempts to develop his 

 place. He should determine the locations of the 

 leading features of the place, and the relative im- 

 portance to be given to the various parts of it, 

 as of the landscape parts, the ornamental areas, 

 the vegetable garden and the fruit plantations. 

 The details of the planting, however, may be .de- 

 termined as the place develops : it is only /the 

 structural features and purposes^ of the piace 

 which need to be determined beforehand. The 

 incidental modifications which can be made in the 

 planting from time to time keep the interest alive, 

 and allow the planter to gratify his desire to ex- 

 periment with new plants and new methods. The 

 following discussions may aid the enquirer in for- 

 mulating a conception of a home plot. If it 

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