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The school grounds often afford opportunities for 

 landscape gardening. Flowers may be arranged in har- 

 monious and pleasing combinations of color and against 

 suitable backgrounds of shrubbery. The trees may be 

 grouped naturally to form artistic pictures. The build- 

 ing, if practicable, can be covered with woodbine and 



FIG. 56. PORTION OF SEVENTH GRADE GARDEN 

 Upsala Street School, Worcester, Mass. 



ampelopsis, with wistarias and bignonias, actinidias and 

 honeysuckles interspersed, and with climbing roses trained 

 about the lower windows. Thus the school may be 

 made an attractive place, supply material for practical 

 instruction, and at the same time elevate the taste of 

 a community. 



