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BEAUTIFYING HOME GROUNDS 



with the smooth lawn surface. Evergreens for example, can be 

 left unpruned to the ground. Their lines of beauty will blend 

 harmoniously with their surroundings. Never leave any bare 

 corners unprotected by shrubbery. Some one has said that when 



Fig. 266. — The trees and shrubbery about the farm home may be chiefly native plants 

 obtained for little or no outlay of money. (U.S.D.A.) 



we fail to plant shrubs along the base of buildings we give the effect 

 that it needs clothes, because it seems to be bare-footed. All the 

 plants should be so effective as to embellish the surroundings. 



Grouping Trees. — Even trees may be grouped so that they will 

 give an effect of massing after they have become large. When 

 trees are scattered over the lawn it is difficult to mow the lawn 



