THE JOYOUS ART OF GARDENING 



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FIG. 3. Diagram of planting when approach is not balanced 



Suppose your house is in the suburbs, fairly near the street, 

 a more modern type, but still with a door in the middle path 

 leading up to steps at the centre of the porch. Then for the 

 front a symmetrical arrangement is best also (Fig. 2). If 

 troubled by people cutting across the corner of your path, 

 plant a bush of Berberis Thunbergii or Rosa rugosa (2) on 

 each side to guard the corner, three feet in from the path. 



If the porch is low, not more than two feet and a half from 

 the ground, use Berberis Thunbergii for the double row of 

 shrubs each side of the steps. If you wish something to look 

 well the year around and can afford it, plant in the same man- 

 ner the yew Taxus repandens, or that very lovely and very lit- 

 tle planted evergreen Andromeda floribunda. In midwinter this 



FIG. 4. Planting beside a kitchen door 

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