CHAPTER SIXTEEN 

 NOOKS AND CORNERS 



JNooKS and corners may be so multiplied that a 

 home in the country shall utilize all those places 

 that ordinarily are given to weeds and thickets. 

 These should be distributed all over the property. 

 The evergreen arbors constitute delightful re- 

 treats. A turn of the hedge on one side follows your 

 drive, but on the other makes a quiet, half- 

 shaded semicircle, for a rustic seat or possibly a 

 hammock. Of these you cannot have too many. 

 Your whole homestead should speak the word play, 

 as well as the word work — rest as well as toil. It 

 will not hurt you, or any of your helpers, to sit in 

 the shade a few moments during what we call the 

 working hours. If you have a sneak, who cannot 

 be trusted near a rustic seat, he cannot be trusted 

 anywhere. Cure him, or discharge him. Walk- 

 ing with a neighbor, I said, " What a splendid spot 

 that for a natural arbor. You could see from 



