HARRISON’S NURSERIES, BERLIN, MD. 
The boundaries will be marked permanently, it 
will produce a good effect on prospective pur¬ 
chasers, and can be used as a strong talking-point 
in the sale of lots. 
CLEAN UP RUBBISH PILES AND PLANT 
TREES AND HEDGES! 
When a family begins to plant shade trees and 
live fences, it cleans up the old tin cans, shoes and 
sticks in the corners of the yard. A neatly planted 
yard or lawn and a trash pile do not go together. 
This applies to farm-homes as well as to houses in 
town. In this way the trees promote health, since 
dirt harbors disease. Our message to every person 
who reads this, if you have not already started, is: 
“Clean up! Have some pride about you. Get rid 
of the truck. Plant shade trees and a hedge. 
Make your home more respectable and more valu¬ 
able. It will bring prosperity to you.” 
PUBLIC PARKS, SQUARES AND SCHOOL 
GROUNDS 
A public square is a feature of nearly every 
town in the country. Usually it is the ugliest 
thing about the vicinity, with its bare cobble¬ 
stones, or mud-holes, and its dusty grand-stand. 
Now this is all wrong. Why not have some civic 
pride and have a real public park that will be of 
some definite value as a playground. It is easily 
managed. Very often the old public square is big 
enough to fill with trees and be used for the pur¬ 
pose. Lacking this, let the town select a suitable 
dozen acres near-by, and fill it with trees. The 
planting should be done in a tasteful manner, after 
a plan suited to the purposes and needs of the 
situation. 
When school-grounds are large enough, they 
should have a row or two rows of Norway Maples 
around the outer edges. It takes only a little 
space. In one town we know there are 20 feet 
between the street and the building at one side, 
and 30 feet at the other. The building is 80 feet 
long and 7.0 feet wide. Yet close to the fence 
there are eight of the finest medium-sized Maples 
to be seen anywhere. There is an iron fence around 
this yard at present, but right inside it a Privet 
hedge has been planted, and in a year or two the 
iron fence will be removed. 
It isn’t the intention to cut out the air or the 
sunshine, but to get beauty and relief. One little 
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