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front. Then make use of the Wichuriana rose or 

 the honeysuckle, with patches of the mountain 

 pink here and there, placed as good taste might 

 dictate. 



In picking my shru'bs for this purpose I would 

 make use of the old-fashioned snowberry, some of 

 the 'bush types of honeysuckle, the barberry and 

 forsythia or golden bell, as these will all be found 

 suitable, doing well in such a location and check- 

 ing the erosion or washing of the soil at the same 

 time. To vary the display I would use also a few 

 plants of Yucca. 



The forsythia will provide a wealth of golden 

 yellow flowers in April, the honeysuckles bloom- 

 ing at about the same time, and the Yucca will 

 send up tall spikes of bloom in midsummer. Then 

 for a long period in the fall there will be a wealth 

 of pure white and bright red berries decorating 

 the other shrubs that you have planted and the 

 attractive foliage to brighten the spot in between 

 times. 



There frequently is such a thing as a blessing 

 in disguise, and what at first looks like an ugly 

 problem will turn out to be really a thing of 

 beauty and delight. Often such proves to be the 

 case where one has an embankment or terrace, 

 which really is there only waiting to be turned 

 into a thing of beauty at the expense of just a 

 little thought and effort. 



