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TREES, SHRUBS AND PLANTS 



being in full view of the neighbors and every passerby. A study of the 

 general arrangement and coordination of these divisions is the first step 

 in the development of the home grounds. It simply answers the question 

 of what purposes the home grounds are to serve and what general arrange- 

 ment of the grounds will serve such purposes in the most convenient and 

 pleasing manner. 



SOME DETAIL PROBLEMS 



Grading. After this general arrangement of the grounds has been 

 determined, the more detailed problems of improvement may be under- 

 taken. Usually there is more or less grading that should be done and this 

 work may prove very expensive without giving very gratifying results 

 unless a careful study is made to adapt the new grades to the existing ones. 

 Ideal grades should produce a proper setting for the house, making it 

 appear somewhat higher than the surrounding property; provide surface 

 drainage away from the buildings and for all portions of the lawn and 

 smooth off all the small irregularities over the surface of the lawn. A 

 building will possess an ideal setting as far as grades are concerned when 

 it appears to be located on the summit of a slight knoll with the land 



Explanation of Planting Plan on Page Eleven 



This design shows a desirable location for a house and barn on a small suburban lot 

 in reference to the exposure and distances from the sides and front of the lot. The drive 

 is so designed and planted as to screen the view of the barn and its service yard from the 

 road. Tne plantings consist largely of masses of hardy shrubs disposed around the 

 foundation of the house, the boundaries and corners of the lot, leaving an unbroken lawn 

 in front and a well screened and protected back lawn. A few trees are so disposed as to 

 frame the view of the house from the road, to aid in screening the barn and to produce 

 some shade over the back lawn. Hardy perennials and annuals are massed in the fore- 

 ground of the shrubbery plantings about the back lawn and along the stepping-stone 

 walk leading to the garden and back of the lot. 



The first number in the mass plantings indicates the number of plants to be used, 

 the dots showing the location of each, while the number after the dash is the index 

 number of the kind to be used. 



Index, 

 number 



Common name 

 of plant 



Latin name 



I Japanese Barberry 



II Bridal Wreath Spirea 



III Tartarian Honeysuckle 



IV Japanese Rose 

 V Lilac 



VI Paeony 



VII German Iris 



VIII Hardy Phlox 



IX Lemoines Deutzia 



X Deciduous Tree 



XI Evergreen 



o Vine 



Berberis Thunbergii 



Spiraea Vanhouttei 



Lonicera Tartarica var. grand. 



rosea 



Rosa Rugosa 

 Syringa (In Variety) 

 Paeon i a (In Variety 

 Iris Germanica (In Variety) 

 Phlox decussata (In Variety) 

 Deutzia Lemoinei 



