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the sod. The grass takes the moisture. They 

 are always in the way. The yard in Fig. 92 can 

 be mown with a field mower. The bushes take 

 care of themselves. If one dies, it matters 

 little: others fill the gaps. If pigweeds come up 

 amongst them, little or no harm is done. They 



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Fig. 92. A house and a home. 



add to the variety of foliage effect. One does 

 not feel that he must stop his cultivating or 

 sheep -shearing to dig them out. In the fall, 

 the leaves blow off the open lawn and are held 

 in the bushes ; there they make an ideal mulch, 

 and they need not be removed in the spring. In 



