HELPFUL, HINTS 



On Screening Things From View 



MOST all home grounds have some feature about them, or outlook, that is objec- 

 tionable. Before one can completely enjoy his property, these must be hidden 

 from view. 



Sometimes it is an ugly out building; a neighbor's back yard, or his garage; then 

 again, it may be a more distant view of some unkempt adjoining property; but whatever 

 its nature, you can blot these out with foliage screens. Foliage screens will not only shield 

 the offending object,' but they give one all the enjoyment that comes from having a nicely 

 planted lawn with no offending views in any direction. 



You can plan one of these screen plantings if you study this catalog carefully; or if 

 you like, you can get us to help. 



Consider first if you wish an Evergreen screen. This will not be practical under urban 

 conditions, for Evergreens do not grow well in such environments, but in suburban and 

 rural places such plants should provide screens that will be effectual all the year — and 

 while they cost more, they do more. Deciduous, or " leaf-dropping, " plants, on the other 

 hand, are not entirely ineffectual in Winter, for even the density bf the twig growth has a 

 certain screening capacity, and of course everyone knows how effectual they are when 

 in leaf. 



The arrangement of the screen planting is of equal importance. In narrow spaces, 

 hedges or rows of plants or trees are used. These have a stiffness of form that it is well to 

 get away from where one can, so frequently some Shrubbery or Flowers are planted 

 irregularly in front of such hedges. 



The group form of "Screening Things from View" is susceptible of infinite variety. A 

 planting resembling the familiar shrubbery border is usually employed. The taller-grow- 

 ing varieties of Shrubs, or even Trees, are placed in the back of such a planting, and then 

 kinds of lower growth in the foreground. The front of such a planting should be irregular 

 or curved that the stiffness and formality of the one line hedge may be avoided. 



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A mixed planting that successfully hides an adjoining building. There are innumerable combinations of plant* 

 that will produce such effects. We are prepared to help any interested persons to get such plantings. 



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