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oranges, roses, snowberries, 

 barberries, flowering cur- 

 rants, lioneysuckles and 

 the like. 



Vines can be used to ex- 

 cellent purpose on the out- 

 buildings or on the school- 

 house itself. The com- 

 mon wild Virginia creeper 

 (shown on the right in Fig. 

 36) is the most serviceable. 

 On brick or stone school 

 houses the Boston ivy or 

 Japanese ampelopsis may be 

 used, unless the lo- 

 35. —It is easy to make a yard as good as this, cation is ver}'' bleak. 

 This is not hard}' in the northern parts of the State. 

 Honeysuckles, clematis and bitter-sweet are also attrac- 

 tive. Bowers are always interesting to children ; and 

 actinidia (to be had at nurseries) is best for this ^ 

 purpose. 



Kinds of plants for decoration* — 



Against these heavy borders and in the 

 angles about the building, man}- kinds 

 of flowering plants can be grown. 

 The flowers are much more easily 

 cared for in such positions than 

 they are in the middle of the lawn, 

 and they also show off better. Notice 

 how striking the hol3"hocks are in 

 Figs. 34 and 37. They have a back- 

 ground. Even a clump of weeds looks 

 well when it is in the right place. 

 Observe Fig. 36. 



It is impossible to grow many flowers 

 in the school ground under present con- 

 ditions, for what is everybody's busi- 

 ness is nobody's business : and then,the place is neglected all through 





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36. — A clump of weeds in the corner by 

 the house — 'tnotherwort ana Virginia 

 creeper. How pretty they are ! 



