CONTENTS 



PART II. 



Brick, Stone and Cement Houses: Brick Houses; 

 Houses of Stone; Cement Buildings; Solid Walls; 

 The Block System; The Cement and Sand; Mixing 

 Cement and Sand; Cement for Outbuildings; Cement 

 for Floors and Walks; Heating Country Houses: Hot- 

 Water Heat, Hot-Air Heat, Steam Heat. 



CHAPTER IV 



THE DECORATION OF HOME GROUNDS 73 



Preserve all Naturally Beautiful Features; Time for 

 Pruning Trees; Some of the Best Street and Avenue 

 Trees; Home Decoration; Grading About the Build- 

 ing; Roads and Walks; Underdraining Road-bed; 

 Concrete Drives and Walks; Planting Trees and 

 Shrubs; Where to Obtain Ornamentals; Time for 

 Planting; Planting Evergreens; Arrangement of Trees 

 and Shrubs; Fruit Trees as Ornamentals; List of 

 Trees; Ornamental Shrubs; Grouping Shrubs ; Pruning 

 Shrubs; List of Shrubs; Climbing Shrubs; Removing 

 Walls and Fences. 



CHAPTER V 



THE LAWN AND FLOWER GARDEN 98 



The Lawn; Lawn Grasses; Time for Sowing Seed; 

 Seeding Lawns; Weeds in Lawn; Water a Necessity; 

 Improving Old Lawns; Lawn Mowers and Their Care; 

 The Flower Garden; Cultivation of Wild Flowers; 

 Lawn Perennials; Lawn Annuals and Bedding Plants; 

 Biennials; Dutch Bulbs; Winter Protection for Hardy 

 Plants; Window and Veranda Plants. 



CHAPTER VI 



THE FAMILY GARDEN 117 



Soil and Exposure ; Mixed Planting; Plans of Gardens ; 

 Fruit Trees in Turf ; Cultivation of the Family Garden ; 

 Summer Fertilization; Cold Frames and Hot-Beds; 

 Starting Seeds; Poultry and the Family Garden. 



