
REAL BEAUTY IS THE RESULT OF CAREFUL PLANNING 
Planning the Home Grounds 
With appreciation of good design now wide spread, 
additional emphasis is placed on the necessity for 
adequate landscape treatment. Planned home grounds 
are now the rule. The modern trend is to have the 
outside as wel! planned, useful and beautiful as within. 
You Can Develop Your Yard So That 
It Invites Use. 
An open ceniral area of well-kept lawn beckons 
the footsteps. A shapely tree or two for protection 
with suitable garden seat or chairs in their cool shad- 
ows will create a lure to the garden that is irresistible. 
Children play safely in such a foliage-protected 
yard and the entire household turns gratefully to such 
surroundings for healthful pleasure and recreation. 
A home is more than just a house. It includes the 
yard and room for out door living. 

Bring the Living Room Out Doors 
The style for beauty, seclusion and use outside the 
home is upon us—and this new style finds its most 
charming expression in the Modern Outdoor Living 
Room. 
Right in your own home yard, no matter what its 
size, there is an. opportunity to create a shelter-spot. 
There, in sheltered seclusion, you can find rest and 
ease in the quiet beauty of the out-of-doors. 
A delightful “‘out-ofdoors living room’ can be 
made without elaborate settings. All that is needed 
is a tasteful and proper arrangement of plantings and 
simple accessories that provide comfort and relaxation. 
Actual H & O Reproductions 
Grouped about these pages are views of home 
grounds and gardens, planned and constructed “by 
HOLM & OLSON”, demonstrating how the 
principles of gardening can be applied to the 
development of your home grounds. They 
illustrate the modern treatment of planting di- 
rectly about the house, the Out Door living 
room, Flower Borders, correct Tree planting, 
Evergreen settings and Lawn building. 
A study of these photographs will help and. 
give you a working knowledge of modern 
landscape planting and act as a guide to im- 
proving your home grounds. 
Choose your plants carefully—in this book 
we have striven for accuracy of description 
and adaptation. Please note—all material 
listed in this catalog is hardy and northern 
grown. 
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