DECORATION OF HOME GROUNDS 



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second coat should be applied to large wounds after the 

 first has hardened. Evergreens exude a pitch or resin- 

 ous covering where injured and need not be so protected. 



Planting New Trees. 



A greater part of the decorating about country places 

 is done by setting out new trees and shrubs. Most of 

 these come from nurseries and are set in stiff, formal 

 rows along the streets and avenues, or along boundary 

 lines. Planted along the roadside, they afford shade 

 from the hot sun in 

 the summer and in 

 some places shelter 

 from driving wind 

 storms. An avenue 

 of trees leading from 

 the road to a dwel- 

 ling some distance 

 back is also a thing 

 of beauty, but one of 

 rather formal charac- 

 ter, though desirable 

 unless some beautiful 

 view is cut off by it. 

 More pleasing effects 

 may be produced if 

 the trees are arranged more or less in groups, in some 

 places covering up undesirable objects or views and in 

 others enhancing the beauty of objects by a setting of 

 striking foliage. Large fine specimen trees standing 

 near the house as in Fig. 22, should be most carefully 

 preserved. Very old trees, often with decayed trunks, 

 if still vigorous, may be preserved a long time by dig- 

 ging out the dead loose centres, painting with linseed 

 oil paint, and then filling with concrete. 



FIG. 22 A Perfect Purple Beech Tree, the 

 result of Good Soil, a Northern Exposure, 

 and Plenty of Room. 



