4 FRUIT CULTURE. 



rule of health. Openness and the free play of 

 air and sunshine are indispensable to the enjoy- 

 ment of a home in the country. In the con- 

 struction of the house it will be true economy to 

 employ an architect, and, if the grounds are ex- 

 tensive, the advice of a landscape gardener may 

 be of value, in the adoption of a wise plan, in 

 developing the estate, and in the avoidance of 

 errors, at the outset. A few general directions 

 are here given for those who have but little 

 land, and who prefer to improve it according to 

 their own plan. The plan is of first importance. 

 Let it be drawn upon paper, with a definite pur- 

 pose to arrange every part in harmony with some 

 general idea. In all cases, whether the estate be 

 large or small, the effect of breadth and distance 

 is desirable, and hence it is well to set the house 

 as far back from the public street as may be 

 consistent with other plans for the estate. This 

 will allow the largest extent of lawn in front of 

 the house, and in a position conspicuous from 

 the house as well as from the street. 



A Good Lawn. Professor Beal has well said 

 that this is the essential element about which the 

 other graces cluster. A rich, clean turf is the 

 one feature necessary to every pleasant home, 

 so fresh in its quiet repose as never to weary by 

 its sameness, so harmonious and pleasing in color 



