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Ornamental Department. 
While most people appreciate well arranged and well kept grounds, largo or small, 
many" fail to realize that they too can have equally fine grounds. We frequently 
observe a few roses growing in thick turf, with no attention given to pruning or cul- 
tivating. Under such circumstances good results cannot be expected. 
Aside from the pleasure of having fine trees, shrubs, vines and flowers in the 
grounds surrounding a home, few realize how much these add to t lie commercial value 
of the place. A purchaser having to decide between a house with bare and unkept 
grounds and one surrounded by fine ornamentals, invariably chooses the latter at a 
marked advance in price, because he sees that he will at once enjoy what it would 
otherwise take some years to secure. Sagacious men are led by a knowledge of these 
facts to plant fine trees and shrubs about vacant lots they arc intending to put upon 
the market. Lots thus planted readily secure purchasers at good prices when bare 
grounds go. begging for buyers. 
T)o not make the mistake of planting at random all over the grounds. A fine, well 
cut lawn is one of the handsomest features of a place. Trees may be planted along a 
lane or avenue leading to the house, or dotted about the lawn on lines radiating from 
the house. This will secure light and air with good views from the house. Upright 
shrubs and roses should be planted in beds, each class by itself, about the borders of 
the grounds. These beds should be well cultivated and the plants annually pruned. 
When the growth of the plants has made them very thick, some should b ■ tiki n out. 
It will not do to plant so little that years must elapse before a fine effect will be 
produced. A surplus should be planted at first and this gradually taken out. Vines 
should be planted near the house and allowed to climb upon and about it, or they may 
be trailed on posts, arbors or stakes, placed in suitable location on the lawn. 
A detailed list of desirable ornamental trees and shrubs would be little less than 
a recapitulation of our entire’ list; but as few have room for all, we here present a 
list of the. most desirable in each class, and refer the reader to the proper places in 
the catalogue for descriptions of them. 
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