THE COMPLETE HOME LANDSCAPE 



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Fig. 6.— If the house is located above the street level and the grade is quite steep, the 

 approach and lawn may be treated as in (A) above by providing a series of terraces and 

 retaining walls. However, in general, a treatment such as shown in (B) is much to be pre- 

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charge with a sheet of old canvas or something similar to keep the 

 particles of earth and wood from flying. Before placing the stick of 

 dynamite, make a hole with a crowbar well under the stump; after 

 inserting the fuse and cap in the explosive, insert the resulting cartridge 

 in the hole, letting it lie on a solid bottom if possible as the tendency 

 is to shoot downward. Then fill the hole with stiff clay, tamping it in 

 firmly with a wooden stick — and it is ready for firing. The size of the 

 charge needed depends upon the size and rigidity of the stump and 

 must be learned through experience, but one stick will do wonders. 

 In crowded places where 



it is not permissible to » t^ c! poT-<^k 



blast, a stump will have 

 to be dug out by hand. 

 It is often possible to 

 take it out in sections, by 

 splitting it with wedges 

 after the roots have been 

 cut and loosened. 



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Fig. 7.— When the house sets well back from the street, a terrace can often be used to good 

 advantage. But it must be well proportioned to produce a favorable effect. The dis- 

 tance A-B in the two smaller sketches should always be as great as or greater than the 

 distance A-C, as illustrated in the larger sketch at the bottom 



