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Show LAWN PLANTING POINTER8 Do not over plant the yard. Have a reason for every plant set. Plant In groups never In straight lines. Corners and abrupt angles may often of-ten .be rounded out by shrubs. Vlnea on a building, lighten the somber effect of the stone''' or . trick. Peonies, Iris, phlox and giant daisy are among the bes( perennials to use. It is often an advantage to screen the rear" of the lot by a hedgo or. group of shrubs. Masses of one color are better than too great a mixture. A few well chosen plants are best. Large trees or plants should always be sot In the background! Gradations from these may be made to the front Wild grape, Virginia creeper, bittersweet, bit-tersweet, or the climbing rose are excellent ex-cellent for the porch. Scattered planting over a lawn should never be tolerated. Keep tho plants at the sides of the lot and base of the building. They may bo used to prevent crossing of tho lawn, especially es-pecially If planted at tho corners. , Tho most important fcaturo of tho homo grounds Is a good lawn. A mixture mix-ture of forty pounds of puro Kentucky Ken-tucky bluegrasa, nvopounds of red top and three pounds of white clover per acre makes a good lawn. |