ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 



many duties to fill the day that some of them do not 

 stop to think of the supreme value of adding a touch of 

 beauty and charm to the home surroundings. The field 

 may be well-tilled, and the farm generally present a good 

 appearance, but the yard may look neglected and uninvit- 

 ing. 



Sometimes, too, this neglect of lawn and landscape has 

 even less excuse. It may be due to a false way of looking 



AN ATTRACTIVE COUNTRY HOME. 



at life. The farmer, perhaps, thinks of his home only as 

 a factory whose sole purpose is to put on the market so 

 much hay, fruit, or pork. He regards the house merely 

 as a place in which to eat and sleep, or as a shelter from 

 the heat and cold, and not also as a home around which 

 cluster the tendrils of affection. But even if the farm 

 buildings are viewed solely as the center of an industrial 

 plant, they should not be without a few touches of embel- 

 lishment. Large business concerns find that it pays to 



