CHAPTER XXIII 



TREES, SHRUBS AXD PLANTS FOR FAR.M AND IIO^NIE PLANTING* 



The planting plan. — In the development of tlie home grounds 

 there is need of a preconceived plan. This plan should be con- 

 ceived in a general way, when the building sites are being 

 selected, but the details may best be worked out after the build- 

 ings have been constructed and the drives and walks have been 

 laid out. AVhile the need for a plan is real, and its existence 

 essential, there is no 

 necessity of carrying 

 it out all at once. The 

 execution of the plan 

 may be gradual; the 

 most important parts 

 of it may be devel- 

 oped first, and the re- 

 maining parts as cir- 

 cumstances permit. 

 In fact, this gradual 

 development is often 

 desirable as the ex- 

 perience gained the Fig. 20s. — a farmstead with outlooks good, bad, and 

 first year or so often Sr'*"^'"'"'''' '^ ^'"'^' "^ Agriculture, 



suggests desirable 



changes for future work. Under such conditions, a plan drawn 

 to a definite scale, furnishing a definite record for future refer- 

 ence, is very essential as it insures the progressive development 

 of the scheme that otherwise miglit be forgotten. 



Planting". — Very ordinary looking buildings can be made 

 attractive and homelike if the planting is properly done. It may 

 be said that the less prominent the architectural features of a 

 place, the greater the relative importance of the plantings. 

 Hence it is very important that considerable attention be given 

 to the planting of the ordinary farm house. 



Functions of planting. — Before any successful attempt may 

 be made in this line, one must first inquire as to the functions or 



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