CHAPTER XIV 



THE HOME YAED 



The yard, as well as the house, should be 

 planned. It should be convenient, neat, hand- 

 some, restful. It will need planting with trees, 

 shrubs, herbs and grass ; but these things 

 should not be scattered promiscuously over the 

 place, for then they mean nothing. Every plant 

 should have some relation to the general plan 

 or design of the place. 



The first thing to consider in the making of 

 a fit setting for the house is to lay out the plan 

 or design; the last thing is to select the particu- 

 lar kinds of plants to be used. The place 

 should be a picture. It should be one thing, 

 not many things. If the design is correct and 

 the planting is well done, all parts will be in 

 harmony and the place will appeal to one as a 

 whole. If the bushes and trees are scattered 

 promiscuously over the yard, then there is no 

 central idea and the attention is fixed upon the 

 details rather than upon the place. Figs. 88 

 and 89 illustrate these contrasts. 



The one central thought or idea in home 



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