4 BOOK OF GARDEN PLANS 
area considered now as the home area—native nut trees, as Hickory, But- 
ternut, and Chestnut, are planted particularly with a thought for the chil- 
dren. The trees will not'be injured by the cows. Since these trees grow 
slowly, and quick effects of shade for the cows and poultry and green 
foliage when seen from the house are desirable, such rapid-growing trees 
as Black Locust and Tree-of-Heaven may be introduced in the extreme 
west; when they get too large they may be cut down for their wood, and. 
vigorous sprouts will take their places. Fruit trees may be put also in 
the poultry-yard, to the advantage of both the fruit and the hens; they 
may even crowd into the cattle-yard, and the cow, if she be well-trained, 
as a compensation for the loss of grass in the yard, be allowed to assist 
in the mowing of the lawn, for the lawn area will not be as carefully clipped 
as if on a city lot. 
Though the vegetable garden is very close to the house—to keep it near 
to the kitchen—it is completely screened from the street and lawn by a 
belt of low trees, as Sumacs and Birches, with Flowering Dogwood and 
Lilacs to give bright flowers, and Red Cedar for the green of its foliage in 
winter. 
A HOME SEEN FROM THE STREET 
Man and Nature together make the home 
