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THE BOIS DE BOULOGNE. 



neighbour in flower and fruit. Then, having arranged the groups 

 in a picturesque ^Yay, we might finish off with a new feature. It 

 is the custom to margin our shrubberies and ornamental phmtings 

 with a rather well-marked line. Strong-growing trees come near 

 the edge as a rule, and many of the prettiest spring-flowering 

 shrubs of low growth are lost in tlie shade or crowding of more 



J\us:ic Bridge between Wooded Is'atids. 



robust subjects. They are often overshadowed, often deprived of 

 food, often injured by the rough digging which people usually 

 think wholesome for the shrubbery. The best of these should bo 

 planted as neat low groups, or isolated well-grown specimens, not 

 far from the medium-sized or low trees of the central groupings, 

 but quite clear of their shade. The result would be that choice 

 dwarf shrubs would display a perfection to which they are usually 

 strangers. It would be putting them as far in advance of their 

 ordinary appearance as the stove and greenhouse plants at the 



