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line, Tai'iegated dogwood, tansy, and a young tree of wild crab. 

 At the rear of the plantation, next the house, one sees a tall pear 

 tree. 



The best single part of the planting is the reed (Arundo Donax) 

 overtopping the exochorda. The photograph (Fig. 159) was taken 

 early in summer before the reed had become conspicuous, but 

 Fig. 160 shows it as the artist saw it in September. 



It became necessary to fill a little " run " in a back yard. Fig. 

 161 shows how it looked. The soil was the hardest clay. Rubus 

 cratsegifolius was planted on the bank, which it soon covered 

 with an impenetrable tangle. Wild osiers, some asparagus 



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]G8.— The central open space and the mass tlanked sides. 



plants, sedges, a sumac bush, and other common things were 

 put in, and the aspect changed to that of Fig. 162. 



A person had a back yard shown in Fig. 16.3. It was an un- 

 promising subject. The clay was of the vilest kind. The owner 

 wanted a tennis court, and the yard is so small as not to allow 

 of wide x)lanting at the borders. However, something could be 

 done as shown in the sequel (Fig. 164). Upon the left is the weed- 

 land border, shown from the other end in Fig. 157. A diagram 

 (Fig. 165) will show what has happened. In the first place, a 

 good lawn was made. In the second place, no walks or drives 

 were laid in the area. The drive for grocer's wagon! and coal is 

 seen in the rear, ninety feet from the house. From I to J is the 

 weedland, separating the area from the neighbor's premises. 

 Near I is a clump of roses. At K is a large bunch of golden-rods. 



