TREES, SHRUBS AND PLANTS 





Before Planting. Is planting worth while? A house with no trees to shelter it 

 or shrubs to clothe it. See the following picture. 



roads, the dust nuisance becomes a very serious problem, the principal 

 solution of which consists in keeping the house well back from the road 

 and sometimes planting heavily along the roadside. 



In selecting the site for the house, advantage should be taken of any 

 vistas that are especially pleasing. If the house is placed so as to obtain 

 a beautiful view over a lake, along a river or across a valley, it will enhance 

 the value of the property without increasing its cost. Today, with the 

 ever increasing demand for country homes, these vistas prove very desir- 

 able assets. 



It is well also, in selecting a site, to consider the exposure. A site that 

 is more or less protected from the north and west with an open exposure 

 to the south and east, is ideal. On many farms, a site sheltered by a 

 woods, hill or other natural condition, may be found which would prove a 

 great protection during the winter months. Whether or not these condi- 

 tions are available, there is always room enough on the farm to place the 

 buildings in such a way as to receive the greatest amount of sunlight, 

 especially during the winter. Whereas it seems to be the prevalent opin- 

 ion that a building should run directly north and south or east and west, 

 it is these problems of sunshine and exposure that should determine its 

 direction. 



Any topographical feature of the land might also largely determine 

 the location of a building. The position of a group of large trees or a 

 rugged boulder might prove the chief determinant. 



