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VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY 



A QUEST after new ideas, a search after unique 

 features that we may find desirable to adapt for 

 the beautifying of our own home surroundings is 

 always more than well worth while. 



This search or quest may carry us into the 

 parks of the city where we may particularly see 

 and learn more of trees and tree planting, and 

 the arrangement of formal beds, or to the grounds 

 of some large nursery where we may add to our 

 store of knowledge by comparing the various types 

 of evergreens, flowering shrubs and perennial 

 plants, or pick up other useful ideas. 



It may take us for a long stroll or a drive out 

 through the suburban sections, to some shore or 

 other resort or possibly to s-ome elaborate estate 

 open to the public through the liberality of the 

 owner. All these, for the purposes of this chapter, 

 we class as "voyages of discovery." 



Most every family in these days is the possessor 

 of an automobile, and how more profitably may a 

 holiday now and' then be spent than to "bundle the 

 folks into the chariot" and away on one of these 

 "voyages of discovery," if you are planning to 

 plant the home grounds, or even if you wish to add 

 to or improve, as opportunity presents. One is 



