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are not more natural than were formerly the creations of 

 old Maitre Lenotre. But when the lawn adopts the choicest 

 flowers of field and meadow, and shrubberies and thickets 

 are filled with woodland blossoms, then the garden becomes, 

 as far as our impressions are concerned, a part of nature it- 

 self. Then the lawns should mingle with thicket and ^rove 

 to produce rich effects of light and shade, ami. as in nature, 

 small groupsof trees and shrubs and single specimen plants 

 should be found on the lawns, like so many outposts of the 

 wood. For such specimens we select the choicest of plants 



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at our disposal, weeping beech and birch, trees with finely 

 incised foliage, and the most beautiful flowering shrubs, or 

 rare varieties of evergreen trees. But the lawn must not be 

 encumbered with too many plants: large trees especially are 

 apt to injure the grass. When such trees are found on a 

 place and it is not desirable to remove them, effective wood- 

 land scenes may be established in the thin grass below. 

 Ivy, wiutergreen, periwinkle, and such bulbous plants as 

 scillas, daffodils, wild hyacinths, and dog-tooth violets are 

 especially useful for this purpose. In sunny spots on the 



