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Fig. 4. This is the lot actually described 

 by Mr. Hamblin. It is a real beauty and 

 utility garden in the best sense of the words 



soil is very fertile and will yield 

 heavily with intensive cultivation. 



There are no shade trees on 

 the lot, and none will be planted, 

 as those on the street and on the 

 next lot to the east give the lawn 

 sufficient shade, while the land 

 south of the house is to be wholly 

 open to the sun for the sake of 

 the crops. A high Spruce hedge 

 on the east lot line shades a part 

 of the garden from the morning 

 sun, so here a wire trellis bears a 

 crop of Grapes for the table and 

 preserving. 



The rear of the lot is bounded 

 by the high wire fence of the ath- 

 letic field. As excellent views are 

 to be had from the house in this 

 direction only a six-foot screen is 

 desirable. For fruit, as well as 

 flowers and screen of foliage, I 

 vote for the Goumi [page 135] 



The lot on the west has not 

 been developed, but as the boys 

 make it a way to the athletic 

 field it will be well to protect the 

 garden. The cheapest garden 

 fence is six-foot woven wire 

 covered with Hall's Honeysuckle. 

 If clipped after the blooming 

 season, a very neat hedge results. 

 For variety a few plants of the 

 new Lonicera Henry i may be 

 added. While its purplish flowers 

 are not as attractive as the white 

 of Hall's, the foliage is prac- 

 tically evergreen; the habit of 

 growth is identical. 



As the house is set rather 

 near the street the lawn area is 

 small, but back of the house 

 enough is saved for the children 



