ILLUSTRATIONS 



Old-fashioned treatment of a small suburban garden Frontispiece 



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A lattice to screen the garden and drying-yard from the front 

 lawn and street . . . . . . Facing page 12 



Ineffective and effective ways of securing privacy for a house 

 slightly above the street level . . . Facing page 16 



A shaded walk from the kitchen to the vegetable-garden 



* Facing page 18 



The back-yard fence . . . . . . .45 



On the roof of a city house ....... 51 



Fruit-garden on a small lot . . . . . . .52 



A little yard, 20x30 feet 54 



An all-summer flower-garden . . . . - -. ."..,'. . 55 



"Ladder" trellis . . . . - 58 



Lattice- topped fence . .-.. . . . . . .60 



Bamboo and string lattice for annual vines .... 61 



Rose-trellis to form a screen ... . . . .62 



Breaking the monotony of a blank wall by latticework . . 63 

 Lattice-arch for a doorway ....... 64 



Portable screen of latticework ...... 64 



Curved seats under an apple-tree make a simple and charming 

 centre Facing page 66 



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