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A MODEL COUNTRY HOME ILLUSTRATING THE 

 GREENING SYSTEM 



This plan was made for Mr. John Gibson, secretary of the 

 Western Michigan Development Bureau, and it worked out very 

 satisfactorily. A hedge surrounds the entire yard and gives a 

 beautiful effect from the outside. On the two sides and at the 

 back there are composite groups of shrubs to frame up the lawn 

 more artistically. The shrubbery details near the house and the 

 little grove in the background are very pleasing, whilst border- 

 ing the walk and drive Maple-trees supply ample shade. In the 

 far background is the old-fashioned flower garden with arches 

 of rose-bushes over the entrances. The Michigan Agricultural 

 College uses this plan for class instruction and recommends it 

 as a model country home. 



Out of Two Thousand, Less than Twenty-five Dead 



Grosse Isle, Mich., May 27, 1909. 

 I hand you herewith my check for landscape work around 

 my home, done last fall. In carefully looking over the trees 

 and shrubbery you planted last fall, I am glad to report that all 

 seem to be in healthy growing condition. Out of the 2,000 

 trees and plants I do not believe there are over twenty-five 

 plants altogether that are not living. Altogether I am very 

 well pleased with the work you have done for me and especially 

 the way the things are starting to grow this spring notwith- 

 standing the backward condition. 



Yours very truly, 



C. R. Cook. 



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Platc 188. A Model Couufrj- Home 



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FAMILY FRUIT GARDEN 



Fruit is the elixir of life. It is a food fit for the gods. 

 When Ponce de Leon made his famous quest in the Southland 

 he was really looking for fruit! But he did not know that the 

 best fruits are grown in the temporate zone. It is a scientific 

 fact that the farther north a given fruit can be grown the better 

 is its color and flavor — the Michigan apple, for instance. I 

 believe that fruit growing, strictly followed according to the 

 Greening System of Orcharding, is the best form of investment 

 that can be made to-day. My booklet, "FORTUNE IN FRUIT 

 FARMING" proves this beyond a doubt. \A^rite for it. It is 

 free. 



But aside from growing fruit as a business proposition there 

 is much pleasure and some profit in the family fruit garden. 

 The accompanying plan shows a good assortment for a family. 

 No. 1 represents a row of grape vines; No. 2, currant bushes; 

 No. 3, gooseberries; No. 4, red raspberries; No. 5, black rasp- 

 berries; No. 6, blackberries; No. 7, six miscellaneous fruit and 

 nut trees, like Mulberry, Apricot, Japan Walnut, Burbank Plum, 

 French Pear, and a budded Chestnut; No. 8, six Pear trees. No. 

 9, six Plum trees; No. 10, six Peach trees; No. 11, six Cherry 

 trees. The four trees near the driveway leading to the garage 

 are Apple trees. 



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