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PLANNING THE HOME GROUNDS 



balanced, that is, it must have a certain amount of light 

 and shadow, of prominent foreground and distant back- 

 ground. We must in planning the home grounds re- 

 member that the house is a gem in the setting, and that the 

 setting of trees and shrubs should make our house look as 

 attractive as possible. The walk to the house may be 

 bordered with flowers, tulips, jonquils, or lilies of the 

 valley in the early spring, followed by marigolds, sweet 

 Williams, zinnias, or other old-fashioned border flowers 

 for the summer, and finally asters or chrysanthemums 

 for the fall. Thus we have a constant series of bloom along 

 the walk. The grounds may be rendered still more at- 

 tractive by planting shrubs, such as syringa, a beautiful 

 white blooming, sweet shrub, or weigela, which flowers in 

 June and July, with various shades of red and white, and 



Roses at their best. Ramblers, red and white. 



the Japanese quince. The lilac, which grows rapidly and 

 whose blossoms are known to us as early flowers, and, 



