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evergreens, flowering shrubs or even hardy herbaceous pe- 

 rennials in masses close up to the underpinning, planting the 

 taller ones in the rear and grading down to the very low 

 ones in front next the lawn as in the above figure. If 

 planted directly under the eaves some sort of a snowguard 

 must be provided in sections where the fall is hea^y, other- 

 wise many of the plants will be broken down in winter. 



