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Residence of Henry E. Davis; an attractive home planting in Berlin— 
Norway Maples in foreground and Hydrangeas in front of porch; Teas’ Weep- 
ing Mulberry on each side of entrance. 
Home Grounds Should Be as 
Beautiful as the Interior 
By G. Hale Harrison 
G. Hale Harrison is the chief salesman for our large fruit projects, in which 
capacity he comes in touch with the markets of the country. Most of our fruit 
is sold direct to the distributors, although a portion goes through some of the 
large fruit exchanges. 
OMETHING more than a decade ago a bulletin entitled “‘Beauti- 
S fying the Home Grounds” was issued by the United States De- 
partment of Agriculture. I cannot refrain from quoting certain 
paragraphs which appeared therein, and which have a direct bearing 
on the planting of trees and shrubs on home grounds: 
“The appropriate use of trees, shrubs, and vines in the adornment 
of city, village, suburban or country home grounds gives a charm 
and beauty which is interesting and pleasing to passers-by as well as 
to the occupants of the house. Plants are a means of expressing rest- 
fulness and beauty; their changing aspect with the succession of the 
seasons heightens their pleasing effect and relieves monotony. 
“In arranging home grounds the aim should be to hide, by means 
of trees and shrubbery, all objectionable buildings or portions of the 
place, and also to shut from view all unsightly objects maintained by 
neighbors. Locate the trees and shrubs so as to allow an uninter- 
rupted line of vision where the outlook is pleasing, and so locate the 
plantings as to afford the greatest protection from winds and undesir- 
able surroundings consistent with good landscape effects. 
“Pleasing effects in shrubbery plantations come from massing sorts 
so as to produce a normal display every year. Shrubs should be 
studied not alone from the standpoint of the size, color, and production 
of bloom, but the time of leafing should also be noted. The color of 
the leaves during summer as well as in autumn is also important, but 
most important of all is the time the leaves fall, whether early or 
late, or whether they remain on all winter.” 
The whole bulletin is really devoted to showing the advantages of 
making the outside of a home fully as beautiful as the inside, and to 
show that a hedge of privet or barberry is far more beautiful than the 
most elaborate fence ever constructed. It shows, too, the advantage 
of grouping low-growing evergreens or flowering shrubs around the 
foundation walls. 
Just now, while there seems to be a national effort to persuade 
people to ‘‘own your own home,”’ I believe there should be an added 
effort made to induce people to plant around their own homes, for no 
