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window or a porch : plant it. You may want 

 a pile of odd stones and relics: put them in the 

 back yard, or at the side, where you may enjoy 

 them unmolested. You may have any kind of 

 plant you want, only put it in the right place. 



Have an eye to the views. Build your house 

 with reference to them, if you can. Do not 

 plant so as to hide the good ones. Plant heavily 

 in the direction of offensive views. Plant so as 

 to obscure the barnyard; or else move the barn- 

 yard back of the barn, or clean it up. Leave 

 the front of the barn open: you want to see it 

 from the house. 



HOW TO DO THE WORK 



The lawn, then, is the first consideration. It 

 is the canvas on which we are to paint a picture 

 of home and comfort. In many cases the yard 

 is already level or well graded and has a good 

 sod, and it is not necessary to plow and re- seed. 

 It should be said that the sod on old lawns 

 can be renewed without plowing it up. In the 

 bare or thin places, scratch up the ground with 

 an iron -toothed rake, apply a little fertilizer, and 

 sow more seed. Weedy lawns are those in which 

 the sod is poor. It may be necessary to pull 

 out the weeds; but after they are out the land 

 should be quickly covered with sod or they will 



