ADORNING THE FARMSTEAD AND SCHOOL GROUNDS. 451 



To encourage interest in this work, prizes may be offered 

 for the best plans in adorning parks, school yards and other 

 public grounds. 



If this work is taken up by the schools its effects on homes 

 of the future and the country in general will be wonderful 

 and far-reaching in its results. 



There are hundreds of deserted homesteads, that, if 

 property adorned would become inviting places for people to 

 live. 



The Ornamental, Practical and Useful Adornment of 

 the Farm. 



There is nothing that adds so much to the beauty of the land- 

 scape as the proper arrangement and variety of trees and other 

 plants about the farmstead. This will depend to a very great ex- 

 tent upon the following points : 



1. The number and location of the trees. 



2. The kinds arid sizes of trees at maturity. 



3. Trees in clumps or groups as in nature's plan. 



4. Tall trees at rear of house. 



5. A well kept stretch of open lawn. 



6. Trees in curved rather than in straight lines. 



7. Shrubs about the borders and in front of back yard. 



8. Shrubs at base and corners of porches and walls. 



9. Tallest shrubs at the back with lower kinds in front. 



10. Flowers for ornamental beds in front of shrubbery. 



11. Flowers along the borders of walks and buildings., 



12. Flowers in beds of star, oval or crescent shapes. 



13. Vines that climb the walls or porches. 



14. Vines on arbors or trellis work. 



15. Vines on trees and walls. 



Trees to Pant for Shade. 



Deciduous. Deciduous. Evergreen. 



White Elm, Wild Cherry, White Pine, 



Hard Maple, Chestnut, Norway Spruce, 



Soft Maple, Poplar, The best tree for a wind- 



Catalpa, Golden Willow, brake is Austrian pine. 



Buckeye, 

 Black Walnut, 



