CONTENTS. XVll 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



PLANNING AND PLANTING THE HOME GROUNDS. 

 SECTION PAGE 



299. American Rural and Suburban Homes 313 



300. Starting a New Home Place 314 



301. Grading and Enricliing tbe Lawn 315 



303. "Wbere to Plant Trees and Shrubs 315 



303. Planning and Planting more Extended Grounds 319 



304. Improving Old Places 321 



305. Transplanting Trees and Shrubs 324 



306. The Need of Hardy Trees and Shrubs 325 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



SOME OF THE LEADING LAWN AND PARK TREES. 



307. Adapting Trees to Soil and Climate 327 



308. Sugar or Rock Maple 328 



309. Norway Maple 328 



310. The Dwarf Oriental Maples 328 



311. TheBoxElder 329 



312. The Silver Maple , 329 



313. The Red Maple 329 



314. The Elms 329 



315. The Hackberry 330 



316. The Plane-tree 331 



317. TheBasswood 831 



318. The Honey Locust 832 



319. The Birches 332 



320. The Oaks 334 



331. The Oleasters 835 



332. Ornamental Species of Prunus 336 



333. The Mountain Ash Family 337 



324. The Apple Family 838 



334a. Poplar and Willow Family 339 



835. The Magnolias 340 



336. The Larches 341 



837. Some Other Desirable Trees 341 



828. The Spruces 343 



329. The Firs 345 



