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hillside where Nature has planted this wonderfully 

 pretty flower. The ground is covered completely 

 with a carpet of mosslike evergreen foliage, and 

 during the blooming season in early spring this is 

 completely covered with a mass of lovely pink or 

 white flowers. A fitting spot in which the fairies 

 may hold their gay and happy festivals. 



Plant your embankment with mountain pink and 

 you will soon have a sheet of rare beauty indeed. 

 Set the plants one foot apart each way, and place 

 a handful of good rich soil in each hole as you 

 set the plant. No further care nor attention will 

 be required, now nor later. 



The Wichuriana rose is another excellent sub- 

 ject to use for covering large embankments. 

 Planted ten feet apart, the slope soon becomes a 

 mass of vines and lovely foliage. In July the 

 flowers are produced profusely, the single pure 

 white blooms with golden yellow discs at the center 

 of each flower, five or six inches in circumference, 

 providing an attractive display. 



The Honeysuckle is also a suitable vine for simi- 

 lar locations, as mentioned in the chapter devoted 

 to "Our Vines." 



Should you have a large embankment, and de- 

 sire to break the flatness of the display, I would 

 plant some suitable shrubs either in groups toward 

 the top, or plant them solid the width of the em- 

 bankment, setting them with an irregular or broken 



