Show 10 STUDENT LIFE are especially suited to their development It is the only natural way for arrangement yet most commonWhere we have a ly disregarded group of trees on one side of a lot variety and balance can be gained by placing on the opposing side a smaller group either farther back or nearer to the front so that they are not on one line At any rate it would need some trees or large shrubs on the other side to produce a balance To produce a rural naturalistic effect there should be a liberal use of shrubs and for the most part common native shrubs of the woods and fields are more appropriate and much superior for the purpose than the finest foreign or fancy varieties Many things which are so common as to be slightingly passed by are for certain purposes very often the best that can be used A judicious arrange-me- n of shrubbery will often obliterate more of the unpleasant and inartistic features of the grounds than any amount of other material or other work Shrubs may be used in comparative profusion because they take up but little room A good view of some things can be obtained over the tops of low shrubs so that they can be given positions quite forbidThe union of the den to trees buildings with the grounds is also oftenest effected by the use of shrubs A house with its smooth surfaces and rectangular lines arising abruptly out of the lawn gives distinctly inharmonious note The remedy is to break up and as far as possible to obliterate the line of Shrubs irregularly juncture grouped along the walls and massed in retreating angles help to do this Their most efficient assistants are the climbers which may cling to the walls or twine about the porches becoming part and parcel of the building Shrubs and climbers together judiciously placed will often bring into the closest harmony a house and grounds which without them would have been at never-endin- g with one another war Placed at the base of trees they often give a finish to them and help Someto add variety and interest times they may prove to be too In that case they may be thick thinned out as they grow A well kept lawn always produces an agreeable effect gives a sense of finish to a place and shows it to be a permanent residence Sometimes when we find a yard which is nearly barren with weeds growing here and there and sticks and stones scattered about it suggests the feeling that the inmates are only camping there temporarily Flower beds help to decorate and to give an air of refinement to the home but they should be kept simple few in number and not too large The smaller the grounds the smaller the beds They must not be and only the best natural specimens should be used Placed in front of the house they often show up very well A fence about the yard is frequently a posi- over-crowd- ed |