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find out a little later. But one or two things must 

 be set down as axioms, and the first of these is, do 

 not try to exploit your place for the eye of the 

 public that is, do not plant for those people to 

 look at who happen to be driving by. I do not 

 question our duty to make our places agreeable to 

 travelers, but at the same time we have our own 

 private needs and rights. 



If you are a person of wealth, the shrubbery is 

 your chance for gracious enjoyment and retreat, and 

 if you are not wealthy, nevertheless a shrubbery is 

 the best method you have of resting yourself in quiet, 

 while enjoying a full display of flowers. No other 

 plants and no other sort of garden will give you 

 anything like as much of an array of the beautiful as 

 the shrubbery and at the same cost of money 

 and labor. Through April, May, and early June the 

 shrubbery is the one gorgeous expression of spring 

 joy, and with discretion you may so arrange your 

 planting that there shall be a plenty of blossoming 

 varieties in the later months; but always, and at all 

 times, keep in mind that the shrubbery is particu- 

 larly your private property. 



For this reason I would not place a collection of 

 shrubs directly in front of my house, between my 

 house and the street. Let it be where the morning 

 sun strikes it and where the moon also lights it up for 

 the honeysuckles that only send out their sweetness at 

 night and woo the moths instead of the butterflies. 

 Grouping is all right for some things, but the gen- 



