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tidy on all parts of their home-grounds, as economical, exceed¬ 
ingly convenient, cleanly, and, in the hands of a good architect, 
effective in adding to the apparent extent and home-look of the 
place. But for persons unaccustomed to maintain the same clean¬ 
liness around the outbuildings as in the “front yard,” it may not 
do so well. 
The walks being disposed of, let us attend to the planting ; and 
begin with the front. Further on we may describe in detail what 
trees and shrubs may be especially adapted to the different places 
here marked; our object now being only to allude to the manner 
in which the plan, that has been completed on paper, may be 
worked out on the ground. At a , b, and c are three pairs of trees, 
intended to form a short umbrageous approach-avenue to the 
house. They are all seven feet from the walk; a a are two 
squares, or eight feet from the front; b b, five squares, or twenty 
feet; c c are eight squares, or thirty-two feet. Flanking these, on 
the left, is a mass of evergreens, several of which are on the line 
H, and others on the intersections of squares to the left, as shown 
by the plan. At the intersection of the lines 2 and A, or sixteen 
feet from the front, and eight feet from the side fence, is the 
small tree f; at the intersection of 2 and D is a small tree or 
shrub e; and four feet farther right, and four feet nearer the front 
street, is its companion shrub e. The small tree or large shrub d, 
is shown by the squares to be eight feet from the front, and twenty 
feet from the side street, on the line 1. The intelligent reader 
will see how easily the plan for the arrangement of trees and 
shrubs may be worked out in this manner throughout; and, after 
a few years’ growth and good care of his plantings, ought to realize 
plainly the superior beauty of a well-considered plan. 
