FROM GROWER TO CONSUMER 
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It’s Not a Home Until It’s Planted 
Brown’s Up-to-Date 
Landscape Department: 
T HE attractiveness of one’s home, no matter how large or 
how small, can be greatly enhanced by a thoughtful plant¬ 
ing of the surroundings. We hope this catalog will en¬ 
courage the planting, where necessary, of a few more trees, 
shrubs or flowers about your home grounds. While we admit 
we cannot create nature, still we can imitate it and adapt it to 
our general scheme of home development. 
Certainly the grounds are a large part of this home life and 
environment, and like the living room, they also require neces¬ 
sary furnishings. The comparatively small amount of money 
spent on plantings, it is generally agreed, adds more to the 
appearance, to the desirability and to the monetary value of a 
home than any equivalent expenditure. 
In making decisions relative to your plantings, it is well to 
design your premises on paper as an aid. Locate the house, 
the garage, and the existing walks and drives. Next, apportion 
the unoccupied land to the various purposes to which it is best 
adapted. In general, the property will be divided into private 
and public areas. 
If a few attractive trees are placed about the house, they will 
not only frame the house but they will furnish the shade that 
is desirable during various parts of the day. You will probably 
want the living rooms bathed with sunshine during the morning 
but shaded in the afternoon. Likewise you will probably want 
the kitchen protected from the hot sun during those parts of 
the day when it is most occupied. 
The carefully planned driveway 
can be made a most attractive 
feature. Note the tasteful arrange¬ 
ment of shrubs and vines. 
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