USE OF GRASS, TREP]S, SHRUBS, ETC. 



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many slirnbs of each kind as will finally be needed, or 

 else by locating the choicer and long-enduring kinds at 

 distances that will accommodate their increase for many 

 years, and then fill out more or less between these with 

 some of the cheap kinds of rapid growth, which are at 

 the same time very handsome. The extra shrubs in both 

 cases to be removed as the others demand the space. In 

 this way masses will be made to look solid and complete 

 immediately after setting. 



The planting of trees and shrubs in groups affords the 

 means of promoting rapid development and beauty. The 

 ground under them may, in fact, ought to be, for some 





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Fig. 34. — PLANTING FOR BOTH OPENNESS AND SECLUSION. 



years at least, kept cultivated, and if this is well done and 

 an application of manure be made occasionally, they will 

 reach a large size in half the time they would if stand- 

 ing in the grass. Then, too, we may feci safe against 

 summer drouths, if conveniences for watering are not at 

 hand, for in such cultivated borders trees suffer little 

 from dryness in the severest seasons of drouth. 



Clumps are desirable for breaking the transitions from 

 terrace banks to natural slopes, and in otlicr ways to rec- 

 oncile discrepancies in the surface. They may also well 

 be introduced for breaking the outlines of garden or 

 foundation walls, or for hiding unsightly objects. 

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