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need a background of quiet greenery and some place 

 that seems to be made for them, not cut out arbitrarily 

 from a great expanse of grass. They should, therefore, 

 always be on the outskirts of a lawn and in some bay 

 encircled with taller shrubs or trees. Then they may 

 have a splendid effect when in flower. Of the larger 

 shrubs the best for the lawn are those which become 

 small trees in time, such as Hawthorns, Judas trees, 

 and Apples. It is strange that Apple trees should so 

 seldom be planted anywhere except in the kitchen gar- 

 den. Apart from their use, they are, perhaps, the 

 most beautiful of all flowering shrubs, and peculiarly 

 suitable by reason of their spreading growth, for 

 planting on the outskirts of a lawn. Where a lawn 

 is very large it would be well to have an irregularly 

 arranged orchard or grove of Hawthorns at the end 

 of it; and even where it is smaller a few Apple trees 

 or Hawthorns planted together would in time make 

 a pleasant shade, and serve as an agreeable transition 

 to some other part of the garden. But, as we have 

 said, the problem of flowering shrubs is a very dif- 

 ficult one; and we do not now pretend to do more 

 than explain the nature of its difficulties and offer a 

 few suggestions for dealing with them. 



