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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. 
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Draw a map of the property, locate on it the directions of 
the compass, the house, and the street. Now divide the area 
4nto 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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Here are two examples of garden-planning. 
Directly above is a picture of a private 
front yard. To the left is a plan of an- 
her front yard. 
the picture above the house sits well 
from the street on a narrow lot. By 
lding a wall the owner can have the same 
vacy in his front yard as most families 
have in their back yard. Notice the small 
public area between the wall and the side- 
walk and how it is treated. 
In the plan to the left the house is winged 
in such a manner that a small intimate 
garden and terrace is possible. A pleasant 
and interesting entrance for any home. 
Planning your own garden is an intriguing 
business and can be the source of much 
satisfaction. Many good books are avail- 
able on the subject, and we here at the 
nurseries are always willing to do what we 
can. 
If your garden is to be extensive, or if 
you are not sure about your own ideas,we 
recommend calling in a competent Landscape 
Architect or designer. These people are 
trained to observe natural advantages of 
the property, to select the proper variety 
for the proper place, and to give you a 
picture complementary to your home and its 
surroundings. 
STRANDER 
EVERGREEN NURSERIES 
13310 Interurban So., Seattle 88 
