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35. It is easy to make a yard as good as this. 

 This is not hardy in the northern 



oranges, roses, snowberries, 

 barberries, flowering cur- 

 rants, honeysuckles and 

 the like. 



Vines can be used to ex- 

 cellent purpose on the out- 

 buildings or on the school- 

 house itself. The com- 

 mon wild Virginia creeper 

 (shown on the right ifi Fig. 

 36) is the most serviceable. 

 On brick or stone school 

 houses the Boston ivy or 

 Japanese ampelopsis may be 

 used, unless the lo- 

 cation is very bleak, 

 parts of the State. 



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Honeysuckles, clematis and bitter-sweet are also attrac 

 tive. Bowers are always interesting to children ; 

 actinidia (to be had at nurseries) is best for this 

 purpose. 



Kinds of plants for decoration. 



Against these heavy borders and in the 

 angles about the building, many kinds 

 of flowering plants can be grown. 

 The flowers are much more easily 

 cared for in such positions than 

 they are in the middle of the lawn, 

 and they also show off better. Notice 

 how striking the holyhocks are in 

 Figs. 34 and 37. They have a back- 

 ground. Even a clump of weeds looks 

 well when it is in the right place. 

 Observe Fig. 36. 

 It is impossible to grow many flowers 



in the school ground under present con- 36 '~ A . dum P of weeds in the corner by 

 . the house motherwort ana Virginia 



ditions, tor what is everybody's busi- ereeper. How pretty they are ! 



ness is nobody's business ; and then, the place is neglected all through 







