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PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE. 



and bringing together, in one single spot, all the flowei 

 beds generally scattered over the lawn, on a large place. 

 For privacy, it is surrounded by a belt of flowering shrubs, 

 Two principal flower beds, at 1 and 2, are intended to 

 be surrounded by a small evergreen border, kept for itself, 



Fig. 8. FLOWER BEDS iT THK JUNCTION OP WALKS. (JIX page 46. ) 



and not to be considered as an edging ; small edging-box 

 might answer best. 



At 3, there are recesses for statuary, behind which the 

 foliage ought to be of the darkest kind, to contrast with 

 the white statuary, and make that conspicuous. 



At 4, similar recesses for seats of heavy timber. 



