Shrubbery very close to house foundations is always doubtful ; this mass 



is well arranged as to height, but the effect would be better if the line 



were interrupted and the house wall allowed to show part of the way 



In landscape work the individual specimen must always give way to the 

 effect of the mass as a whole ; the number of spireas here is of no con- 

 sequence ; the thicket effect is 



