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PLANNING THE HOME GROUNDS 



The use of trees. Trees are useful as well as orna- 

 mental. They are the homes of many birds. They serve 

 to break the force of strong winds in winter, and give 

 pleasant and cooling shade in summer. Trees give oft" much 



moisture through their 

 leaves. According to 

 Ward, an oak may send 

 off 226 times its own 

 weight in water through 

 a growing season. This 

 moisture helps to cool 

 the air, and makes a 

 more even temperature. 

 But trees should not be 

 so abundant about the 

 house as to shut out all 

 the direct sunlight. A 

 good arrangement, if the 

 place is a large one, is 

 secured by groups of 

 trees which make natu- 

 ral shady places on the 

 grounds, and if the lot is a small one, two or three trees 

 will suffice, planted so that they will not completely shade 

 the house but will give an agreeable setting to it. Fruit 

 trees may be grown even on city lots. 



The use of trees and shrubs in beautifying our grounds. 

 -Landscape gardening has come into the list of pro- 

 fessions of late years, and any one of us may become his 

 own landscape gardener, if a little common sense as well 

 as artistic taste is used. We shall see when we come to 

 take photographs that a picture to be artistic must be 



Small fruit trees yield large returns. 



