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cuse for a turn and at the same time does not produce the confining 

 effect of a solid mass of bushes. 



The off side, so to speak, of a curve is less important as to plant- 

 ing. The group of bushes or trees, if any are used on this side of 

 the drive, should consist of kinds similar to those on the opposite 

 side, and may be carried back away from the drive in some such 



form as that shown in the dia- 



Diagram illustrating planting 

 in the bend of a drive 



gram, with low growing stuff 

 in front to emphasize the bay, 

 and higher growing things be- 

 hind. Correspondingly, the 

 point on the opposite side 

 might be marked by high 

 shrubs, although observance 

 of the demands of automobil- 

 ists who must be able to see 

 along the entire length of a 

 drive, is fast leveling off all 

 border planting. 

 There is a purely sentimen- 



tal reason for making the planting in a bend high, to which I, who 

 do not mind driving slowly along a curving road, am inclined to 

 cling, and that is the pleasure of not knowing what lies just ahead. 

 Mysterv always has its charm, and I would rather be surprised by 

 coming out of a wood suddenly onto a green stretch of lawn than 

 know all along that presently we shall be running at the edge of 

 the green velvet strip, which I can see across the low bushes. 



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