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naturally on hillsides. The ground between them 

 is covered with all kinds of rock plants, white 

 Rock Cress, dark violet Aubretia, snowy Candy- 

 tuft, white Cerastium tomentosum, and blue Phlox 

 divaricata. They flower throughout the spring 

 and afterwards their varied foliage, the gray 

 tufts of Arabis, the silvery tone of Cerastium, the 

 dark leaves of Candytuft, the gray of Aubretia, are 

 as interesting as the flowers. A few Yuccas are 

 interspersed with the Cedars for midsummer ef- 

 fect. In back of them, Roses are planted. There 

 are lovely Rosa spinossissima, Rosa multiftora, 

 and Rosa setigera with long arching branches, and 

 Rosa wichuriana which covers the ground with 

 long streamers. In early summer the wealth of 

 single pink and white flowers is offset by the dark 

 green of Cedars; in winter they are again a deco- 

 rative feature when the rose hips are contrasted 

 against the evergreens. 



The charm of this place depends upon the dis- 

 tinct individuality of each subdivision, upon its 

 interesting diversity of shape, character, and plant 

 material, and upon the unifying informality of the 

 design. 



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