CONTENTS 



(For Classified Index See Pages 265 266) 



CHAPTER I 



Importance of Careful Planning 



Greater Enjoyment of Our Surroundings — Expression of Taste and 

 Personality — Enjoyment of Others — Uplift to the Community — Economy 

 of Execution — The Plan — The Grading Plan — The Planting Plan. 



CHAPTER n 

 Locating the House — Exposure 



CHAPTER HI 

 Arrangement of Walks, Drives and Entrances 



CHAPTER IV 



Construction of W.ilks and Drives 



Cement Walks — Macadam Walks — Red Gravel Walks — Flagstone 

 Walks — Brick Walks — Stepping Stone Walks — Terrace Walks — Dutch Tile 

 Walks — Driveways of Cement — Waterbound Macadam — Bituminous Roads — 

 Cement Surfacing — Cement Approaches — Gutters — Cement Gutters — Rubble 

 Gutters — Brick Gutters — Sod Gutters — Care of Sod Gutters — Catch Basins — 

 Gratings — Connecting Catch Basins with Drainage Lines. 



CHAPTER V 



Lawns: Gr.ading, Construction and Upkeep 



Preliminary Preparations — Lawns Ascending from Highways — ;Lawns 

 Descending from Highways — Sub-Grade — Underdrainage — Lawn Grading — 

 Larger Areas — House Below Pavement Grade — Terraces — Lawn Making — 

 Sodding — Seeding — Grass Seeds. 



CHAPTER VI 



Ornamental Planting of Trees and Shrubs 



The Background for the House — Framing the House — Trees for Framing 

 the House — Base Plantings — What to Avoid in Base Plantings — Plants for 

 Base Plantings (Shrubs) — Plants for Base Plantings (Broad-leaved Ever- 

 greens) — Unity in Lawn Plantings — Planting for Detail — Avoid Straight 

 Lines — Avoid Rows of Trees Along Curved Driveways — Lines of Trees for 

 Straight Driveways — Specimen Lawn Trees — Lawn Groupings — Planting 

 in Lawn Depressions — Planting in Valleys — Boundary Plantings — Variety 

 in Border Plantings — Edging the Border Plantings — Evergreens in Border 

 Plantings — Specimen Trees in Front of Border Plantings — Avoid Odd Shaped 

 Beds in Lawn Center — Ornamental Planting on the Farm — Summary — 

 Tree Planting — Pruning — Tree Planting with Dynamite — Moving Large 

 Trees — Root Pruning — Care of Trees and Shrubs — Insect Pests. 



