Horticulture, a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; . Fig. 26G. -The trees and shrubbery about the farm home may be chiefly native plantsobtained for little or no outlay of money. () we fail to plant shrubs along the base of buildings we give the effectthat it needs clothes, because it seems to be bare-footed. All theplants should be so effective as to embellish the surroundings. Grouping Trees.—Even trees may be grouped so that they willgive an effect of massing after they have become large. Whentrees are scattered over the lawn it is difficult to mow
Horticulture, a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; . Fig. 26G. -The trees and shrubbery about the farm home may be chiefly native plantsobtained for little or no outlay of money. () we fail to plant shrubs along the base of buildings we give the effectthat it needs clothes, because it seems to be bare-footed. All theplants should be so effective as to embellish the surroundings. Grouping Trees.—Even trees may be grouped so that they willgive an effect of massing after they have become large. Whentrees are scattered over the lawn it is difficult to mow the lawn Trees to plant 36^ with a horse mower or with a hand mower. They are always inthe way of the machine and they are in the way of seeing the beau-tiful things 3ou have planted. Better leave some plain greensward. Fig. 267.—An ideal location for the farm buildings. The residence is among the treeson higher ground than the barns, which are also on a well-drained ridge. Note that allbuildings are painted and kept up. () as part of the canvas of your picture. Put the trees as you do theshrubs, at the corners, angles, and along the borders. There is noobjection to planting some straight lines of trees along roads,
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