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ican elm, horse chestnut, sugar maple, locust, honey 

 locust, white pine, Norway spruce, Kentucky 

 coffee tree, various magnolias, yellow wood, catalpa, 

 golden chain, great laurel, red maple, white oak, 

 pepperidge, sweet gum, whitewood, paper birch, 

 yellow willow, mountain ash, maidenhair tree, 

 shadbush and Judas tree. Many of these are 

 highly attractive because of their flowers, others 

 are interesting because of 

 their color and almost 

 all are beautiful in their 

 foliage. Many of them 

 can be secured in nearby 

 woods and often from 

 nurserymen at very rea- 

 sonable prices. 



One thing about plant- 

 ing trees around the home 

 is to avoid using too 

 many. It is better to use 

 two or three of one kind 

 in a group than to scatter 

 the specimens over the 

 place and thus give a nur- 

 sery effect rather than a 

 home effect. 



HOME GREENHOUSE 



VINES GIVE HOMELIKE EFFECT 



The home idea can also be accentuated by the 

 use of vines. On brick and stone work, nothing 

 is so satisfactory as Boston ivy. It requires no 

 supports, since it clings to the bricks. Contrary to 

 the popular belief, ivies which cling in this way do 

 not produce dampness in the house; they draw 



