INDEX 



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Front yards - Cont. 



ground covering, 143, 146, 148. 

 joining floor of, with surrounding 



growth, 146. 



public, in relation to, 152. 

 removal of top soil, 148. 

 rock ledges, 148. 

 sky-lines, 142. 

 small yards, 153. 

 sundial, 152. 



surrounding growth of foliage, 143. 

 trees and shrubs, selection of, 144, 



145- 



tying house to site, 149. 

 winter effect, 143. 



Garages, 138. 



Gardens (see Flower gardens) 



(see Vegetable gardens) 

 Gardens, 56. 

 Girdling trees, 81. 

 Glacial action, 40. 

 Golf in public parks, 243. 

 Golf: 



in relation to forest preserves, 270. 



in relation to public parks, 269. 



should be encouraged, 271. 

 Golf Grounds, 263. 



arrow golf, 269. 



boundaries, 265. 



club-house, in relation to, 264. 



farms, in relation to, 268. 



may contain gardens, 268. 



may often contain beautiful scenery, 



263. 



Ground covering, 43. 

 Grounds of Railway Stations and 



Rights of Way, 224. 

 Grouping, 66. 



Harmony, 13. 



Hawthorns in pasture, 180. 



Heaths, 42, 43. 



Hedges, 161. 



Herbaceous Flowering Plants, 55. 



Highways, 33. 



Hills, emphasis of, 58. 



Hillside road, 199. 

 Hillsides, 34. 



Hirst, A. R., State Highway Engineer 

 of Wisconsin, statement from, 



193- 



Hobbies, 34, 35, 155. 

 Home Grounds, 118. 



bearing of existing trees on house 

 location, 122. 



drives, 132. 



facing house, 122. 



flower gardens, 153. 



front yards, 141. 



garages, 138. 



purposes served by, 119. 



selecting site for house, 120. 



service yards, 140. 



walks, 124. 

 Homes, 34. 



House (see Home Grounds) 

 Houses : 



location of, 188. 



surroundings of, 161. 

 How to plant, 68. 



Ice, 39. 



Ice-houses, 27, 39. 

 Imagination, 17. 

 Irregularity, charm of, 59-61. 

 Islands, 116. 



Japan, flower arrangement in, 16. 



Lake shores, 23. 



Lakes, 34 (see Artificial lakes). 



boat-houses, 105. 



ice-houses, 104. 



margins of, 3 1 . 



natural, wave action along shores, 

 107. 



summer cottages, 105. 



vegetation along margins, 104. 



walls, 105, 106. 

 Land, 40. 



composition of, 40. 



elements of, 42, 43. 



shape of, 42. 



