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and other outbuildings, etc. The quiet retreat where one 

 may be away from the public gaze is a feature to be desired 

 in every more or less thickly settled community, but the 

 great mistake often made of planting a close hedge or screen 

 around the entire grounds, shutting off all view from both 

 inside and outside, should be avoided. 

 The ornamental features of our grounds should be made 



FIG. 32. Natural Grouping of Large and Small Trees. 



with the view of adding as much of beauty and comfort to 

 them as possible, and if we succeed in creating anything of 

 beauty or comfort others are entitled to share it with us to 

 the extent at least of looking upon its beauty. 

 Fig. 32 also illustrates natural grouping. 



Grouping for Ornamentation 



When neither shelter nor screens are needed, ornamen- 

 tal trees are planted as a setting to the buildings or for 

 the decoration of the grounds, and in this work much knowl- 



