CHAPTER XVI 
BEAUTIFUL GROUNDS GLADDEN LIVING 
Do you like to see a comfortable home nesting among 
beautiful trees, shrubs, and flowers? Does a well kept 
lawn with showy flowers, climbing vines, and shrubs 
carefully arranged to cut off undesirable views, enable 
you to judge the lives of the people who live in these 
homes?. Do those sturdy shade and fruit trees that are 
dotted here and there bearing luscious fruit contribute 
anything to make the lives of boys and girls better? 
What lad does not enjoy playing on the lawn covered 
with Nature’s carpet green, and sitting with playmates 
at story telling time or eating the heart of a good water¬ 
melon while he smells the odors of new mown hay and 
sniffs the breezes perfumed with the fragrance of petu¬ 
nias, geraniums, and cape jasmines? 
One does not have to be a landscape gardener in order 
to make the home grounds attractive. The boy or girl, 
man or woman who likes to work with plants and watch 
them grow will learn through study and practical experi¬ 
ence the best methods of arranging and growing plants 
for pleasure and profit. 
Beautiful Lawns.—The size of the lawn or home 
yard will be governed by the price of the land, location, 
kind of home, desires of the family, money required to 
make and keep the plantings, and the kind of labor 
available. 
Usually in cities where land values are high and houses 
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