HARRISON'S NURSERIES, BERLIN, MP. 



and the tree trunks, though if you haven't much 

 space the trees can be planted right along the 

 hedge. You can see over the low hedge, and the 

 folks outside can see in as much as it is good for 

 them, yet there is a sufficient degree of privacy. 



Maple-leaf cover does not seem to be thick enough 

 to weaken the grass growth, though it produces 

 the coolest kind of shade. Grass does not thrive 

 in the full sun, unless given frequent mowings and 

 more frequent waterings; but under the Maples it 

 gets thick and green. Farmers will appreciate this. 

 When the corn has to be cultivated and hay made, 

 or wheat and oats cut, there is little time left for 

 running the lawn mower or holding a hose an hour 

 or so a day. 



In fact, when those sultry, blistering hot noons 

 come, it is much pleasanter to come in to dinner 

 and rest a while in the dark, cool shadows of the 

 Maples than to take any exercise at all. Picture 

 the farmhouse with its green shade in front, and 

 on many nice days the table set out under the trees, 

 where there always is a light wind going even on 

 the hottest day. Contrast this with the stuffy, 

 sweaty kitchen-dining-room, where everybody hur- 

 ries to finish eating in order to get out to the north 

 side of the house — that is, everybody but the cook, 

 who has to stand by the stove till the work is 

 done. And didn't someone remark that woman's 

 work is never done? 



SHADE TREES AND COOL SLEEPING- 

 ROOMS 



No matter how fine the summer evening after 

 a sultry day, you get "tired resting" after a while. 

 It is time to go to bed. Now, if the trees have 

 shielded the roof, weather-boarding and windows 

 of your house from the afternoon sun, the rooms 

 will be cool and airy. But if the sun has shone 

 through the windows till the hills shut off its hot 

 rays, you will merely retire into a bake-oven, and 

 you can depend on at least three hours of moist 

 meditation before you go to sleep. Toward morn- 

 ing the bedrooms will cool off, but then it's time 

 to get up and run your weary eyes out over scorched 

 grass and dusty ground in the unprotected yard. 



The same applies to the house all day long. 

 Where the sun can strike roof and sides directly, 

 there is no comfort in summer, unless it is in the 

 cellar. Those of the family who have to stay 

 indoors most of the time can appreciate this best. 

 A row of trees extending around from the east, 



