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had lost interest in it. I should never want a 

 lawn -garden if I could not change it a little or 

 plant something new each year. 



What kinds of shrubs and flowers shall I plant ? 

 This is a wholly secondary and largely a personal 

 consideration. Be sure that the main plantings 

 are made up of hardy and vigorous species, and 

 have lots of them. Then get the things which 

 you like. I like bull- thistles, lilacs, hollyhocks, 

 burdocks, rhubarb, dogwoods, spireas, elders and 



136. Making the most of a rock. 



such careless things. But others have better 

 taste. There is endless merit in the choice of 

 species, but the point I wish to emphasize is that 

 the arrangement or disposition of the plants is 

 far more important than the kinds. 



It should be said that the appreciation of 

 foliage effects in the landscape is a higher type 

 of feeling than the desire for mere color. Flowers 

 are transitory, but foliage and plant forms are 

 abiding. The common roses have very little value 



