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as well as the border projection towards the walks, may 

 be raised to be slightly moand-like. When speaking 

 of giving a rounded elevation to such borders, I would 

 add the caution to not raise them too high. From 



Figs. 95 and 96.— small front lots adorned with grass, shrubs, 



AND flowers. 



six to eighteen inches at the highest points may be 

 about right for the smallest sized lots thus laid out. 



Two small lots planned for using more flowers than 

 anything else, are represented in figures 97 and 98. The 



Figs. 97 and 98.— small front lots with flowers predominating. 



spaces between the flower-beds may be filled either with 

 grass or gravel, the former being decidedly preferable. 

 Such arrangements are particularly suitable for persons 

 who have a passion for growing flowers, and no other 

 space in which to grow them. 



To carry out either of these plans in small places, 

 ouo-ht not as a rule to cost more than ten or fifteen dol- 

 lars for each, especially if those who are to use them do 



