THE NAKED ACRE : Page 138
Full as the phone books are of landscapists, the house-and-grounds periodicals are even fuller of planting suggestions for new home owners. Many of these run to fancified effects, but invariably they show pictures of how different species look when grown in various combinations. If there is in your family no talent for sketching, amuse and instruct yourselves by playing with cutouts from magazines and catalogs superimposed on blown-up photographs of your house and lot.
As a matter of duty, not presumption, some basic suggestions are offered herewith. What you are likely to be after will come under four headings: warmth, shade, beauty, and privacy.