HARRISON'S NURSERIES, BERLIN, MP. 



The boundaries will be marked permanently, it 

 will produce a good effect on prospective pur- 

 chasers, and can be used as a strong talking-point 

 in the sale of lots. 



CLEAN UP RUBBISH PILES AND PLANT 

 TREES AND HEDGES! 



When a family begins to plant shade trees and 

 live fences, it cleans up the old tin cans, shoes and 

 sticks in the corners of the yard. A neatly planted 

 yard or lawn and a trash pile do not go together. 

 This applies to farm-homes as well as to houses in 

 town. In this way the trees promote health, since 

 dirt harbors disease. Our message to every person 

 who reads this, if you have not already started, is: 

 "Clean up! Have some pride about you. Get rid 

 of the truck. Plant shade trees and a hedge. 

 Make your home more respectable and more valu- 

 able. It will bring prosperity to you." 



PUBLIC PARKS, SQUARES AND SCHOOL 

 GROUNDS 



A public square is a feature of nearly every 

 town in the country. Usually it is the ugliest 

 thing about the vicinity, with its bare cobble- 

 stones, or mud-holes, and its dusty grand-stand. 

 Now this is all wrong. Why not have some civic 

 pride and have a real public park that will be of 

 some definite value as a playground. It is easily 

 managed. Very often the old public square is big 

 enough to fill with trees and be used for the pur- 

 pose. Lacking this, let the town select a suitable 

 dozen acres near-by, and fill it with trees. The 

 planting should be done in a tasteful manner, after 

 a plan suited to the purposes and needs of the 

 situation. 



When school-grounds are large enough, they 

 should have a row or two rows of Norway Maples 

 around the outer edges. It takes only a little 

 space. In one town we know there are 20 feet 

 between the street and the building at one side, 

 and 30 feet at the other. The building is 80 feet 

 long and 70 feet wide. Yet close to the fence 

 there are eight of the finest medium-sized Maples 

 to be seen anywhere. There is an iron fence around 

 this yard at present, but right inside it a Privet 

 hedge has been planted, and in a year or two the 

 iron fence will be removed. 



It isn't the intention to cut out the air or the 

 sunshine, but to get beauty and relief. One little 



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