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in the afternoon, whenever possible let the larger area 

 be on the east side of the house. When this cannot be 

 done, the greater part of the trees should be near the 

 west side, to provide shade. 



The Privacy of the lawn is best secured by massing 

 shrubbery near its boundaries, especially on the street 

 sides. This shrubbery border, like the flower garden, 

 may be so planted as to have something in bloom 

 throughout the year, from the yellow jasmines of 

 earliest spring to the witch hazel of November. 

 Lilac, snowball, mock orange, hybiscus, hydrangea, 

 deutzia, the spiraeas, and a long list of other flowering 

 shrubs, may find place in the shrubbery border, adding 

 to its variety and beauty. But it should be remem- 

 bered that shrubs are in bloom only a little while, but 

 they are in leaf for months, so particular attention 

 should be paid to foliage effects. The shape and tint- 

 ing of the leaves is of even more importance than the 

 flowers. 



The Shrubbery Border must vary in width and in 

 height. Wherever an unsightly object appears it 

 should be screened from view from the lawn by making 

 the planting wide, and using dense and high growing 

 forms. Small trees like dogwood, wild plum and holly 

 may find place here. 



A Garden should be Simple. Few things are more 

 displeasing than a room crowded with many kinds 

 of furniture and ornaments. A home loses its charm 

 when it becomes a museum, however great the quality 

 and number of 'the curios. So with a garden. It 

 should suggest simplicity and coziness. It should be 

 a place of sunshine and of pleasant shade. There 

 should be broad stretches of grass where the shadows 

 of its trees may have full play. To be too full of 

 trees and shrubs is quite as grave a fault as to be bare. 



House and Garden Make the Home. And every 

 garden, like every dwelling, should reflect the taste 

 and individuality of its owner. House and garden 

 together constitute the home, and they are entitled 



