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supreme value of such an adjustment in both sickness 

 and health any doctor will testify. 



Having given due weight to requirements of comfort 

 and convenience, we turn once more to the sesthetic 

 side of our problem. To look well and marry itself to 

 the ground, if we may be permitted the use of the phrase, 

 the long way of the house should follow the contours and 

 run parallel with them, and not across them. 



LATTICE AND VINE PROTECTION FOR DRYING-GROUND 



In view of the necessities of the kitchen, the drying- 

 ground must be kept near the house, and although ever- 

 greens and strong bushy shrubs will eventually shut it 

 from view, there will be some time required for their 

 grovrth to gain sufficient size ; consequently, it is a good 

 idea to erect around the drying-ground a lattice of wood 

 or wire, at once, and to plant in front of it rapid grow- 

 ing vines such as honeysuckles, Virginia creepers, and 

 climbing roses, and to front them with deciduous and 

 evergreen shrubs or evergreen trees (see cut above). 

 Inexperienced persons are apt to imagine that trees and 

 shrubs will screen drying-grounds quicker and more 

 completely than is actually the case. Unfortunately, 



