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Show 111 II 11 If liPai I 1 EASY TO BEAUTIFY THE YARD , Plot of Ground May Be Small, Birt There Are Always PoeslblHtles I of Improvement. No matter how small a yard youi have, there are possibilities for mak-j ing It a Joy to yourself and to other'si In the congested parts of a city im-! agine the pleasure of those who live: on the third and fourth floors of a house or apartment when they may look down upon a tiny spot of green!! It tells them of the changing seasons;! It rests them after a hard day's workjj it stimulates them with hope; it re-i freshes, them as nothing but a touch of beauty can. ; Occasionally one comes upon suchj a yard, even when the owner has, neither much time or money to expend: upon It, but much may be done where' there is an inherent love for growing' things. One particular garden Had for its nucleus great wistaria vine which was strong and fine 'with age, and it glorified the backs of on-: sightly houses and shielded an alley from view. : No passer-by on the street could, suspeot the wealth of beauty that lay hidden behind the house. The little, back yard was aglow with the huge' purple flowers in full bloom, making the rickety fence look pioturescie. But this vine had been lovingly tended' else it would have long since fallen into decay, as had its neighbors. An-j other fence was made attractive byi vines that clambered from boxes.' which were placed at measured dls-. tances along the yard. There was a narrow flower bed In the center of the tiny grass plot. Surely not a pretentious pre-tentious garden, but one that Boothed the nerves at evening and made1 known to all the world that spring, had come. |