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plain, build the house to correspond, and if the site is rough, hilly or rocky, 

 give the house an outward appearance in harmony with it. Do not lay out a 

 •straight walk or drive right up to the door, but bring in a few gentle curves, and 

 hide the bare gravel by some shrubs along the borders. Neither is it in good 

 taste to make the grounds a museum for all bright-colored, curious-shaped and 

 unnatural-formed trees and shrubs which are called " ornamental." 



If the grounds are small the trees and shrubs should be likewise, but if they 

 are large and roomy there is a chance to put in some big trees. All objection- 

 able places should be hidden by massive planting of close-growing shrubs, and 

 borders may be planted in the same way. At the same time these will serve to 

 beautify the grounds. If the grounds are small they may be made to look more 

 extensive by judicious planting. Put the larger trees in the rear, and in front of 

 them, and along the borders plant smaller ones. The line between the sod and 

 the house walls should be broken by setting out some low bushes or vines over 

 a low balcony. Some evergreens should be put out so as to have a winter as 

 well as a summer effect. The best trees and shrubs can be found in the 

 neighboring woods and may be easily transplanted, and then half a dozen bright 

 colored and flowering ones may be bought at the nursery to add variety. — Farm 

 and Home. 



A Model Fruit Growers' Union. — The Hammonton, N. J., Fruit Growers' 

 Union, handles, in favorable seasons, something like 2,000,000 quarts of black- 

 berries, strawberries, raspberries and huckleberries, 70,000 pounds of grapes, and 

 4,000 or 5,000 bushels of pears. It does not auction off the fruits of its mem- 

 bers, but acts as the agent of the wholesalers or city commission houses. On 

 the one hand, the wholesalers are saved the expense of buyers, and on the other 

 the growers get the highest prices possible for their fruits. 



As the growers will deal only through the Union, they hold the key to the 

 situation. The Union collects all the money due to the growers, traces up lost 

 fruit and lost crates, and puts the legal screw on when a commission house 

 refuses to pay up promptly. The Union is also a cooperative society. It does 

 a store business of $80,000 or $90,000 a year, dealing only in fertilizers, coal and 

 other bulky articles needed by growers. Shareholders in the concern get 

 6 per cent, interest, and all profits are divided among the purchasers of supplies 

 as well as members. 



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