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essential helper, but the owner must decide, as a rule, 

 on the healthfulness of the location, its accessibility, its 

 capacity for improvement at a given cost, the fitness of the 

 soil for tree-, shrub-, and grass-growing, the character of 

 the water, and the social and other advantages. The pre- 

 liminary chapters of this book will give hints on trans- 

 planting, pruning, and even the propagating, pruning, 

 and management of shrubs, small fruits, and orchard 



FIG. 87. The Manor of Livingston. 



fruits. Aid will also be given by consulting books devoted 

 to landscape gardening, such as those of Maynard, Kemp, 

 Long, Bailey, and others. 



A few general principles cover the leading essentials in 

 such improvements, aside from the artistic blending of 

 the landscape gardener. His services are often needed in 

 the varied grouping adapted to varied elevations and 

 slopes, the locating of the grass-plots, the preservation of 

 vistas or outlooks in the direction of inviting views, the 



