QUESTIONS 383 



QUESTIONS 



1. Why should a country home be beautified? 



2. Of what educational value is this to young people? 



3. What are the financial benefits? 



4. Give some suggestions for plans in planting the home grounds. 



5. Discuss the planting to suit buildings. 



6. What is meant by grouping or massing trees and shrubs? 



7. Give a list of trees suitable for use in your region. 



8. What wild shrubs in your region should be used in planting the home 



grounds? 



9. Mention good plants for hedges in your region. 



10. Mention good perennial vines and tell the kinds of supports required for 



each. 



11. Same for annual vines. 



12. What lawn grasses are best for your region? 



13. What are the best seasons for sowing grass seeds, and for sodding slopes? 



14. Give principles in the case of lawns. 



15. Give suggestions regarding the choice and planting of flowers. 



References. — U. S. Farmers' Bulletins: 750, Roses for the Home; 814 

 Bermuda Grass; 1169, Shade Tree Insects; 1171, Growing Annual Flowering 

 Plants; 1178, Tree Surgery; 1209,Planting and Care of Street Trees. 



Landscape Gardenings, Waugh, John Wylie & Son; Rural Improvement, 

 Waugh, Orange Judd Co. 



