30 PLANNING AND PLANTING 



NATURAL SITES FOR BEAUTIFUL HOMES 



IN the city or even in the smaller town it is not 

 often possible to select a site of natural beauty 

 for the building of a home. Beauty must needs 

 there be often sacrificed to utility, and for the 

 greatest good of the greatest number. 



It is then out into the great open spaces of the 

 country beyond, where one must needs' look for 

 such a spot ; out where one may breathe deeply of 

 the clear fresh air and bathe in the brilliant sun- 

 shine, and there be "Monarch of all he surveys." 



America is rich in such modern Edens. Hiking 

 or motoring through the countryside one fre- 

 quently, sometimes suddenly, comes upon a pano- 

 ramic scene of great charm and rare beauty, there 

 prepared and painted by the hand of Nature, all 

 ready for the rearing by Man of a Home in a God- 

 given paradise. 



These spots are encountered alike on the hill- 

 sides and in the mountains, in the -valleys and on 

 the plains, along flowing streams and beside the 

 greater waters, and thrice favored of fortune is he 

 who selects such a spot of natural beauty for 

 the building of his home and the rearing of his 

 family. 



Nestled in the Virginia hills, overlooking the 



