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open glades as found in beautiful bits of natural woodland. 

 A. Leave open glades for air and sunshine. They make even 

 modest grounds seem roomy. B. Plant in masses, like the 

 forms of clouds, leaving open vistas toward sunrise and sun- 

 set and all pleasing views, and covering unsightly features 



of the landscape. C. Avoid 

 straight rows ; Nature never 

 plants that way. 



Finally we may study home 

 and city planting as an invest- 

 ment. If well done, probably 

 no equal expenditure will re- 

 sult in larger returns. Figure 

 out increased value of property 

 along well-planted streets and 

 in the vicinity of public parks. 

 Let each member of the class 

 study and analyze his own 

 home with this point in view 

 figuring into the account 

 first cost, yearly expenditures, 

 and upkeep against enhanced 

 values. A shade tree in the 

 wrong place may be a positive 

 injury to a home, while the same tree in the right place might 

 enhance its value a hundred, or even a thousand, dollars. And 

 in these, as in all similar cases, it is not the money values we 

 are studying so much as the human health and comfort which 

 they represent. 



The planning and planting of a home or a country beauti- 

 ful enough to inspire the love of a people is no unimportant 

 matter. Compare Russia and Japan with this feature in view 

 and in connection with the results of the recent war. 



FIG. 46. Actinidia arguta in fruit 



