16 BULLETIN 592, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Lesson 4.—Lawns. 
1. Lawn soils and fertilizers. 
2. Grasses for lawns. 
3. Establishing the lawn. 
_ 4. Maintaining the lawn. 
Special reference.—Lawn Soils and Lawns, Farmers’ Bulletin 494. 
Lesson 5.—Deciduous Trees. 
1. Place of trees on the home grounds. 
2. Kinds of trees adapted to local condition. 
3. Planting shade trees. 
4. Care and management. 
Special reference.—Practical Tree Surgery, Yearbook 1913. 
Lesson 6.—HLHvergreens. 
1. Place of evergreens on the home grounds. 
2. Broad-leaved evergreens. 
3. The conifers. 
4. Planting and management. 
Lesson 7.—Shrubs. 
1. Place of shrubs on the home grounds. 
2. Kind of shrubs adapted to local conditions. 
3. Planting and management. 
Lesson 8.—V2nes. 
1. Place of vines on home grounds. 
2. Annual vines. 
3. Perennial vines. 
4, Planting and management. 
Lesson 9.—Hedges, Shelter, and Windbreaks. 
1. Place on the home grounds. 
2. Suitable shrubs and trees. 
3. Planting and management. 
Lesson 10.—Temporary v. Permanent Effects. 
1. The new home—getting quick results. 
2. Use of quick-growing annuals. 
3. Rapid-growing soft wood trees. 
4, Replacing with more enduring forms. 
Lesson 11.—The School Grounds. 
1. Need for school-ground ornamentation. 
2. School grounds v. the home grounds. 
3. Planting and managing the school grounds. 
Special reference.—Tree Planting on Rural School Grounds, Farmers’ Bulletin 134. 
Suggested projects.— 
1. Ornamenting home grounds completely or in part as: Front and back yard 
improvement, planting trees, shrubs, hedges, lawns or beds of flowers. 
2. Community improvement campaign. 
3. Ornamentation of school grounds. 
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