CONTENTS. XV11 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



PLANNING AND PLANTING THE HOME GROUNDS. 

 SECTION PAOK 



299. American Rural and Suburban Homes 313 



300. Starting a New Home Place 314 



301. Grading and Enriching the Lawn 315 



302. Where to Plant Trees and Shrubs 315 



303. Planning and Planting more Extended Grounds 319 



304. Improving Old Places 321 



305. Transplanting Trees and Shrubs 324 



306. The Need of Hardy Trees and Shrubs 325 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



SOME OP THE LEADING LAWN AND PARK TREES. 



307. Adapting Trees to Soil and Climate 827 



308. Sugar or Rock Maple 328 



309. Norway Maple 328 



310. The Dwarf Oriental Maples 328 



311. The Box Elder 329 



312. The Silver Maple 329 



313. The Red Maple 329 



314. The Elms 329 



315. TheHackberry 330 



316. The Plane-tree 331 



317. TheBasswood 331 



318. The Honey Locust 332 



319. The Birches 332 



320. The Oaks 334 



321. The Oleasters 335 



322. Ornamental Species of Prunus 336 



323. The Mountain Ash Family 337 



324. The Apple Family. ., 338 



324a. Poplar and Willow Family 339 



325. The Magnolias 340 



326. The Larches 341 



327. Some Other Desirable Trees 341 



328. The Spruces 343 



329. The Firs. . . 345 



