CHAPTER I. 
ARRANGEMENT OF HOME GROUNDS. 
/ T V HE principle that one should follow in planning the 
arrangement of his home grounds should be to have 
the grounds appear as natural as possible. Nature plants 
her shrubs in groups and masses, for in groups plants and 
shrubs can best protect one another against the elements. 
Nature’s lawns are great open areas with trees and shrubs 
grouped about the borders in curved contours. 
So in arranging the planting of home grounds, shrubs 
should always be planted in groups and masses and not 
as isolated specimens. Lawns should be open and ex- 
“Nature’s Lawns are great open areas with trees and shrubs grouped 
about the borders.” (Sim Park, Wichita.) 
