''Beautify Your Yard'' 



Jl bool^ showing ''how'' — explaining briefly the aims of 

 Landscape Gardening as apphed to the ''small place" — an 

 index to the most satisfactory plants and their proper use 



CONTENTS 



PAGE 



How To Begin ....... 3 



The Making and Care of a Lawn .... 5 



Walks and Pathways . . . . . .6 



Gateways and Entrances . . . * . . 7 



Porches Made Pleasant . . . . . ,8 



Around the Base of the House ..... 10 



Shrubbery, and How To Arrange It . . . .12 



Hedges and Screen Planting . . . . .13 



Hardy Border (Perennials) . . . . . .14 



Single Specimens (Trees, Evergreens, Grasses, Etc.) . . 16 



Porch Plants, Window-boxes and Hanging Baskets . . 17 



Annuals and Flower Beds . . . . .18 



Cultural Directions . . . . . . .20 



Diagram and Perspective View of a Place Properly Planted ; Also 



a List of the Plants Used . . . . 22 to 25 



Copyright 1906 and 1913 by 



THE CONARD & JONES CO. 

 WEST GROVE, PA., U. S. A. 



Third Edition, Revised 1913 



