THE BACK-YARD FENCE 



Don't let the back-yard fence spoil the effect of your pretty 

 garden. People have come to think it a necessary evU, but it 

 isn't; it can be reformed. There are dozens of ways of making 

 it over and here are some of the best and most inexpensive; 

 they cost brains and "gumption" rather than money, and 

 repay abundantly for the trouble and slight expense. 



The first "exhibit" is the common back-yard fence, about as 

 unpromising in app>earance as can be imagined, yet typical of 

 those fences which worry hundreds of amateur gardeners in 

 America. Your fence may not be just like this one, but per- 

 haps the solution of your problem may be had through the 

 adaptation of the suggestions given in the subsequent illustra- 

 tions. 



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