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windows of the living room, it is usually seen in the 

 foreground. Between these extremes there is a middle- 

 ground of greater or less extent. The same plant gives 

 exceedingly diverse effects as seen in these three differ- 

 ent positions. 



A background is made up most naturally of large 

 trees. Here can be used many species of rough and 

 uncouth growth which would not look respectable at 



FIG. 18. P.ACfKGROUND AND SCREEN COMBINED. 



Note also the fine grouping of shrubs in the border. Prospect Park, 



Brooklyn. 



close range. Trees ^f which the texture is so coarse or 

 irregular as to be inadmissible in the foreground, seem 

 at the background to give but a gentle touch to the 

 elsewise unbroken and monotonous surface. Trees of 

 which the colors would jnr upon a fastidious eye if seen 

 too close, seem modest and pretty at a greater distance. 

 Moreover, a background must be made up with due 

 thought to the most effectual exhibition of whatever lies 



