IDetacbeB Groups anfc Specimen plants. 



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to our sense of beauty individually, through exquisite forms 

 and colors. 



In planting these groups, three or more shrubs may be 

 arranged together in a free manner, so as to form a beau- 

 tiful outline. They should consist of the very finest flower- 





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FIQ. 51.— WtEPING BIRCH AS A SPECIMEN TREE. 



ing plants : lilac, mock orange, roses, golden bells, hydran- 

 geas, many spireas, and tree-pseonies. 



Flowering and other ornamental trees are generally 

 placed singly, but of some of the smaller kinds several may 



