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Fig. 25 How to Lay Out Drives and Walks 80 



Fig. 26 Section of Road With Tile upon the Upper Side 



Only 81 



Fig. 27 Section of Road With Drain Tile on Both Sides. . 81 

 Fig. 28 Trees and Shrubs Appropriately Arranged on the 



Lawn and in Front of the Dwelling 91 



Fig. 29 Low Shrubs Arranged in Front of the Tall Ones . 93 



Fig. 30 A Beautiful Shingled Summer House 95 



Fig. 31 A Rose-Covered Porch 96 



Fig. 32 Just Coming From the Flower Garden 103 



Fig. 33 Native Shrubs and Ferns Arranged With Build- 

 ing for Background 107 



Fig. 34 How Peony and Other Herbaceous Perennial 



Roots are Divided for Transplanting no 



Fig. 35 The Flower Garden; Bulbs in Bloom in Spring . . n i 



Fig. 36 Plan of Garden and Grounds 119 



Fig. 37 Plan of Garden of Fruit, Flowers and Vegetables 120 



Fig. 38 Plan of Garden of Fruit and Vegetables 121 



Fig. 39 Mixed Garden and Farm Crops 122 



Fig. 40 The Author's "Weed- Killer." Note the Wheel Hoe, 



Triangular Hoe, Rakes of two Widths, etc. . 124 



Fig. 4 1 The Triangular Hoe ; How Made 125 



Fig. 42 Young Apple Trees: (a) No. i, Two -Year -Old 



Tree Unpruned; (6), the Same After Pruning 137 



Fig- 43 A Tall Apple Tree Before Pruning 142 



Fig. 44 A Tall Apple Tree After Pruning 143 



Fig. 45 A Tall Apple Tree at the End of the First 



Season After Pruning 144 



Fig. 46 Grafting: How the Stock is Cut and Split 145 



Fig. 47 Grafting: How the Scions are Cut 145 



Fig. 48 Grafting: The Stock After the Wax Has Been 



Put On 146 



Fig. 49 An Apple Tree One Year After Grafting 147 



Fig. 50 An Apple Tree Three Years After Grafting 147 



Fig. 51 An Old Orchard Pruned From Below Only 148 



Fig. 52 An Old Orchard Before Pruning 148 



Fig. 53 An Old Orchard After Pruning 149 



Fig. 54 An Old Orchard the Autumn After Pruning 149 



Fig. 55 A Perfectly Shaped Apple Tree, Produced by 



Cutting in the Tops 150 



Fig. 56 A Convenient and Cheap Ladder for Working on 



Low Trees 155 



