LESSONS FROM THE FOREST 



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A West Virginia Landscape. Courtesy of A. B. Brooks. 



all are details which the landscape gardener seeks to imitate 

 in his efforts to give natural beauty to a bit of ground. 



Beautifying Home and School Grounds. There are a few 

 standard principles agreed upon by landscape artists which 

 will guide all amateurs to use good taste in planting home 

 and school grounds. These we may call the A. B. C.'s of 

 landscape art. 



A. An open greensward in front of the house. 



B. Borders and back-grounds, massed with trees and 

 shrubs. 



C. Curved lines in walks, and arrangements of trees, 

 shrub masses, and flower groups. 



Under A., we must avoid cluttering up the green lawn 

 with flower beds, sheared shrubs, and other artificial affairs. 

 A single tree, beautiful in itself, is not objectionable on the 

 lawn. 



Under B., the taller trees and shrubs must be in the rear 

 and the whole growth shade down in solid mass to the 

 ground in front, where borders of flowers may be planted. 

 These borders may swing out in curves into the lawn. 



Under C., the requirements are that there shall be few 

 straight lines in the natural landscape planting. If the walks 



