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D . II ILL NURSERY CO., 
DUNDEE, ILLINOIS 
Tlit* —Hack Yard” Passes—Now It Becomes Ail 
Outdoor Living Room 
The semi-formal plan provides a formal gar¬ 
den and with space for a vegetable garden. 
A more or less formal treatment with 
evergreen hedges and background. 
The naturalistic treatment combining an ever¬ 
green border with a pool and rock garden. 
I N THE average home building lot, there are two 
sizeable spaces left after the home is erected— 
the “front yard” and “back yard.” There are 
many who dislike the term “back yard” for it calls 
to mind memories of yards as well left unseen. Per¬ 
haps because away from public view, the back yard 
was for a long time just a yard, unadorned and all too 
frequently neglected. It was everything that the 
outdoor living room is not; it presented no beauty for 
enjoyment; it was not a particularly pleasing thing to 
look into from rear windows of the house, not a place 
to take guests. There was no privacy to be found 
there. 
The “back yard” is the ugly duckling of an age 
gone by. 
Today it shines in resplendent new dress. The 
finest and most attractive of plants are gathered there, 
arranged in living walls to shut out the discordant 
world and create the loveliest of home pictures. Its 
carpets or rugs glow in rich, living green—the decora¬ 
tive scheme changes with the hours of the day and 
seasons, and it is always lovely to look upon, within 
and without. The “back yard” becomes a living room 
outdoors. 
How to Plan 
The outdoor living room has possibilities for per¬ 
sonal expressions which are practically unlimited. 
In the three drawings at the top of this page the 
landscape artist has suggested three distinct styles of 
arrangement. 
If you wish to reserve a space for a vegetable 
garden, a flower garden, a rock garden and pool, the 
location of these features are first to be given consider¬ 
ation in making your plan. 
Evergreens are essential in all of these plans, both 
as a background to the garden itself and outline to the 
various sections of it, and for the permanent winter 
and summer beauty which Evergreens provide. 
Austrian Pine 
Few trees show such remarkable resistance to the 
trying conditions of city planting. Coal, gas and 
smoky atmosphere have little effect on its growth. 
It is a tree equally satisfactory for seashore planting 
or inland. It is by far the most popular and largest 
selling of the upright Pines. 
(See page 10 for prices) 
