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lower spreading branches of shrubs help to hold the 

 mulch of leaves and make a graceful border for the 

 lawn. Any one who appreciates the beauty of this 

 border will not allow these lower branches to be 

 cut, and he will consider the digging of a ditch about 

 a group of shrubs an unpardonable sin. 



The value of shrubs in a landscape will be appre- 

 ciated if one thinks of the edge of woods (Fig. 9) 

 along an open field where the trunks of the trees 

 are for the most part hidden with a natural growth 

 of viburnums, dogwoods, hazels and elderberries, 

 with groups of wild roses tucked in here and 

 there, or when one looks at two buildings (Figs. 10 

 and n) rising from open areas, one perfectly bare 

 and the other partially hidden with a growth of 

 shrubs, vines and flowers. 



VINES 



Vines are climbing plants, some woody, some 

 herbaceous. They climb by tendrils like the grape, 

 by rootlets like the poison ivy, or by twining like 

 the moonseed. The ends of rootlets are often spread 

 out into sucker-like disks. Vines are beautiful in 

 foliage, note any well-known species ; in flowers, 

 as climbing roses, morning-glories and honeysuckles ; 



