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margins, and the spaces between are filled with hardy 

 flowering plants. 



While the grouping of trees and shrubs, and herba- 

 ceous plants in marginal borders finds a wide adaptability, 

 it is of special value in embellishing small gardens, even 

 the very smallest. 



There are numerous shrubs, both deciduous and ever- 

 green, thac are highly ornamental, but which seldom 

 grow more than a few feet high (see figure 1 and explana- 

 tions), that are ordinarily adapted for creating bold and 

 pleashig effects in the smallest grounds by properly 

 grouping them. With the use of these, striking effects 

 may be secured in the planting, to give a fine setting to 

 the architecture of the place, whatever the style of this 

 may be. They should be massed somewhat closely, al- 

 ways taking future size into account in marginal borders, 

 and also next to the house as before alluded to. Then if 

 there is room, one or two shade trees of moderate size 

 may also be set in some part of the open area. By such 

 means it is j^ossible to secure, even in small gardens, about 

 every feature that enters into the most extensive natural 

 landscape, and with proportionally as good an effect. 



In pleasure grounds of larger size, there is increased 

 scope for introducing variety both as to the style of the 

 groups and their materials. Here we may have a larger 

 selection of kinds, for the increased space also allows the 

 use of larger growers. In grounds of the largest size, 

 trees and shrubs of every kind and size may be admitted, 

 and here the most varied effects, from very delicate to 

 bold, are possible. 



In all fair-sized places, the boundary masses may jut 

 inwards to a considerable distance here and there, and 

 some isolated clumps be introduced for creating minor 

 vistas. Views opening to the longest possible distance 

 in some directions, and then broken by projections and 

 masses in others, hiding some parts of the grounds, pro- 



