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PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE. 



tory, and bringing together, in one single spot, all the 

 flower-beds generally scattered over the lawn, on a large 

 place. For privacy, it is surrounded by a belt of flower- 

 ing shrubs. 



Two principal flower-beds, at 1 and 2, are intended to 

 be surrounded by a small evergreen border, kept for itself, 



Fig. 8. FLOWER-BEDS AT THE JUNCTION OF WALKS. (Seepage 26.) 



and not to be considered as an edging ; small edging-box 

 might answer best. 



At 3, there are recesses for statuary, behind which the 

 foliage ought to be of the darkest kind, to keep the white 

 statuary well in sight. 



