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Don't feel you must cover all the foundation with plants. Unless it is ugly this is not desirable. Avoid planting massive or tall-growing shrubs under windows. There, a low shrub, a vine trained to the Wall or a groundcover, will suffice. If you plant under over-hanging roofs make sure the shrubs can be adequately watered. Beware of setting kinds subject to breakage where snow from roofs can slide on to them. Snow guards on the Roof will check this. If the house is without gutters take care not to center shrubs directly under the drip line of the roof.

Don't feel you must cover all the foundation with plants. Unless it is ugly this is not desirable. Avoid planting massive or tall-growing shrubs under windows. There, a low shrub, a vine trained to the Wall or a groundcover, will suffice. If you plant under over-hanging roofs make sure the shrubs can be adequately watered. Beware of setting kinds subject to breakage where snow from roofs can slide on to them. Snow guards on the Roof will check this. If the house is without gutters take care not to center shrubs directly under the drip line of the roof. They should be at least a foot farther out from the building. •

Grass, growing in the shade of trees and shrubs, has to compete with them for food as well as moisture. Relieve the pressure of this competition by providing for the needs of the trees and shrubs as •well as the grass. Fertilize the lawn regularly and also the trees and shrubs. So far as possible, place the fertilizer intended especially for the trees and shrubs deep in the soil so that their roots are encouraged to strike downward. This may be done by using the method described below. Fertilizer intended primarily for the grass is applied at the surface.