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LANDSCAPE FOR COMFORT AND BEAUTY 
When you select plants for your home keep two principles 
foremost in your mind: COMFORT and BEAUTY. Comfort is the 
use of plants to create shade, modulate the wind, help insul- 
ate against summer heat and winter cold. This is also Clim- 
ate Control. In the line of comfort think too about screens 
for privacy and’ the reduction of noise. 
Draw a map of the property, locate on it the directions of 
the compass, the house, and the street. Now divide the area 
into sections based on use. Typical divisions would be: 
(1) Public Area; in front of the house. (2) Service Area: 
drying yard, children's playground, and work space. (3) Pri- 
vate Area: the game lawn, terraces and patios, and the flower 
beds. (4) Gardened Area: vegetable beds, fruit trees, herb 
garden, and the propagating beds. 
Next locate the trees. Place these carefully for shade, back- 
ground, and ornament. After the trees lay out the screens, 
hedges, and specimen plantings. Finally draw in the smaller 
foreground plants and the perennials. If you will follow 
this simple scheme you can't go wrong. 
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GARAGE 
ENTRANCEWAY 
