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and the tree trunks, though if you haven’t much 
space the trees can be planted right along the 
hedge. You can see over the low hedge, and the 
folks outside can see in as much as it is good for 
them, yet there is a sufficient degree of privacy. 
Maple-leaf cover does not seem'to be thick enough 
to weaken the grass growth, though it produces 
the coolest kind of shade. Grass does not thrive 
in the full sun, unless given frequent mowings and 
more frequent waterings; but under the Maples it 
gets thick and green. Farmers will appreciate this. 
When the corn has to be cultivated and hay made, 
or wheat and oats cut, there is little time left for 
running the lawn mower or holding a hose an hour 
or so a day. 
In fact, when those sultry, blistering hot noons 
come, it is much pleasanter to come in to dinner 
and rest a while in the dark, cool shadows of the 
Maples than to take any exercise at all. Picture 
the farmhouse with its green shade in front, and 
on many nice days the table set out under the trees, 
where there always is a light wind going even on 
the hottest day. Contrast this with the stuffy, 
sweaty kitchen-dining-room, where everybody hur¬ 
ries to finish eating in order to get out to the north 
side of the house—that is, everybody but the cook, 
who has to stand by the stove till the work is 
done.. And didn’t someone remark that woman’s 
work is never done? 
SHADE TREES AND COOL SLEEPING- 
ROOMS 
No matter how fine the summer evening after 
a sultry day, you get “tired resting” after a while. 
It is time to go to bed. Now, if the trees have 
shielded the roof, weather-boarding and windows 
of your house from the afternoon sun, the rooms 
will be cool and airy. . But if the sun has shone 
through the windows till the hills shut off its hot 
rays, you will merely retire into a bake-oven, and 
you can depend on at least three hours of moist 
meditation before you go to sleep. Toward morn¬ 
ing the bedrooms will cool off, but then it’s time 
to get up and run your weary eyes out over scorched 
grass and dusty ground in the unprotected yard. 
The same applies to the house all day long. 
Where the sun can strike roof and sides directly, 
there is no comfort in summer, unless it is in the 
cellar. Those of the family who have to stay 
indoors most of the time can appreciate this best. 
A row of trees extending around from the east, 
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