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house and sheltered on the north by the orchard, which is 

 a special advantage in the prairie States and over a large 

 part of the Union. 



Fig. 84 gives a simple plan for planting, with street on 



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Fig. 84.— Sdbl'Kban ok Fakm Homb. 



1, Deciduous shade trees ; 2, evergreen trees ; 3, hou e ; 4, barn ; 5, 

 dwarf pines ; 6, shrubs ; 7, flower-beds ; 8, perennial beds ; 9, 

 orchard ; 10, vegetable garden ; 11, back yard. 



the south and west of two corner suburban lots. The view 

 over the lawn is open on the south and west with group of 

 shade trees (4) and of evergreens at (5). The figure is 

 self-explanatory, except the planting of two rows of cherry- 

 and plum-trees down to the lawn on the south, with the 

 round-topped morello cherries as a background of the 

 lawn. Some of the round-headed varieties, such as Spate 

 morello, English morello. Shadow morello, and Early 

 morello, are ornamental during summer and in autumn 

 tliey hold their foliage as late, or later, than the cut-leaved 

 birch. 



To still further illustrate the simple laying out of small 

 places. Fig. 85 gives a plan for laying out and planting 



