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P LANDSCAPE GARDENING 



AIR AND SUN CURE 



The accompanying plan contemplates the introduction of 

 many European features, combining the merits of the great 

 spas of Germany with those of the Mt. Clemens mineral baths. 

 The property comprises 335 acres and gives ample room for 

 golf links, river drive, park boulevard, athletic grounds, sun 

 parlors, etc. Of late years it has come to be recognized that 

 air and light are great healing agents and the grounds are 

 planned for those who like outdoor life and who wish to par- 

 ticipate in field sports — tennis, croquet, cricket, baseball, etc., 

 whilst the long drives give ample opportunity for horse-back 

 riding, automobiling, and the like. This project is still in the 

 cocoon, awaiting funds to carry it out. My millionaire readers 

 who wish to make an investment of this kind will please write 

 for particulars. 



My Garden is a Grand Success. You Deserve Great Credit 



You will undoubtedly be glad to hear that my garden is a 

 grand success. I congratulate myself for heeding your solicita- 

 tion and for placing my contract with your firm. Now, after 

 the work is completed, I can better appreciate your work and 

 artistic ideas of landscape work. I can also see that it would 

 have been a mistake for me to place the work in the hands of 

 less experienced landscape architects who fvrrnished my original 

 plan. You deserve great credit for the careful study you are 

 giving to aid those who would make their home grounds and 

 gardens more beautiful. 



Chas. W. Kuehl, Saginaw, Mich. 



A MODEL FARMYARD 



A farmhouse should be separated from the fields. It always 

 gives it an artistic finish to frame it up with hedges and soften 

 the corners with groups of shrubs. The foundation walls of the 

 buildings should also be toned down to a natural look by the 

 use of shrubs. These things are just as necessary in the coun- 

 try as they are in the city; but on account of the natural 

 features predominating to a great extent it gives a pleasing 

 variety to prune many plants in formal shape. This property 

 contains a tennis-court, which is simply outlined with lime on 

 the grass. Tennis is a game in which the ladies can participate 

 and it gives good enjoyment to the household. I do not recom- 

 mend courts for city lots, however, as they encroach consid- 

 erably on the lawn, at the same time that there is no real need 

 for them. City people have tennis-courts at their country club. 



