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YARD AND GARDEN 



turn completely hide the foundation walls. We 

 have, therefore, to begin with, a house that is 

 not "bare-footed." The front yard is a lawn 

 with no flowers growing upon it, but a hedge, 

 kept trimmed to a height of three feet, incloses 

 the premises. In the rear there is a central lawn 

 fifteen feet square; around this are grouped 



Example of Planting in Limited Space 



beds and borders of perennials and shrubs. 

 Amongst these, annuals are planted each sea- 

 son to afford additional bloom and a surer suc- 

 cession. 



On this place, from the earliest days of spring 

 until the first killing frost in the fall, there is 

 never a time when an armful of flowers can 



