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nent large-leaved plant near the steps is a 

 bramble, Rubus odoratus, very common in the 

 neighborhood, and it is a choice plant for 

 decorative planting. The plants in this tangle in 

 front of the porch are all from the wild, and 



142. Diagram of back-yard. 50 x 90 ft. 



comprise a prickly ash, several plants of two wild 

 osiers or dogwoods, a spice bush, rose, wild sun- 

 flowers and asters and golden -rods. The pro- 

 montory at the left is a more ambitious but less 

 effective mass. It contains an exochcrda, a reed, 

 variegated elder, sacaline, variegated dogwood, 

 tansy, and a young tree of wild crab. At the 



