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FLOWER BORDERS. 



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AVISH that instead of saying flower-bed we might say flower-border. 



Any good place should have its centre open. The sides may be 



« more or less confined by planting of shrubs and trees and 



J^']p' many kinds of plants. This border-planting sets bounds to 

 ^\X-^ the place, makes it one's own ; it is homelike. The person 

 lives inside his place, not on it. He is not cramped up and 

 jostled by things scattered all over the place, with no purpose 

 or meaning. Along the borders, against groups, often by 

 the corners of the residence or in front of porches, — these 

 are places for flowers. When planting, do not aim at designs or effects ; just 



Fig. 800.— An Arti.««t's Flower Border. 

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