place simply because they were not planted in a suitable 

 environment to begin with. It is an easy matter to draw 

 a rough sketch to a scale for modest grounds. Instances 

 have come under our observation where thousands of dol- 

 lars have been expended in an attempt to beautify extensive 

 grounds, which, when acquiring age, possessed nothing to 

 commend them to one's sense of the beautiful in 

 plant life, simply because th-e planting had been dons 

 without a defined plan. Many handsome specimens, not 

 being in harmony, are sadly out of place. It is not so 

 much the plants themselves which add to the beauty and 

 picturesqueness of a garden, as it is the grouping of 

 them to obtain results. In order to secure this, a land- 

 scape gardener pictures in his mind the effect of his groups 

 many years in the future, and his plans are drawn accord- 

 ingly. Imitate nature, avoid having small beds of nar- 

 row walks with not enough of any one thing to bring out 

 pleasing effects. Have a few open spaces planted to grass 

 and obstruct the views of undesirable objects with tall 

 growing shrubs and trees. 



It will repay the intending home-maker who proposes 

 to plant extensive grounds to engage a competent landscapist 

 to draw the plans and select the plants. It is just as 

 important to do this as to have an architect to design your 

 house. 



One of the decided advantages of working from a plan 

 from the beginning is that the main features and details 

 can be carried out in a single year, or may extend over a 

 period of years with the prospect of eventually having a 

 picture which will always prove a source of pleasure, en- 

 hancing in value every year as the trees, shrubs and 

 smaller plants, with a little training here and there, com- 

 bine to bring about both color and harmony. 



Have the full grown tree, shrub or plant in your mind's 

 eye as you plan for the young slender stocks from the nur- 

 sery or from the plant bed. Street and lawn trees often 

 stand so close that if one-half or two-thirds of their number 

 were removed, the distance would be right for those re- 

 maining. Crowded trees will never develop into striking 



A Locust Tree when 

 taken from the nursery 

 rows. 



Many deciduous orna- 

 mental trees are even 

 taller than this, and 

 must be cut back. Less 

 admiration for the tops 

 of trees by shortening in 

 both leaders and later- 

 als, is what counts in 

 causing a vigorous de- 

 velopment the first sea- 

 son after planting. 



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