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bor, after a shower. Or, It may be that you have 

 an open fence there, or no fence, or that you are 

 resolved on raising your own lettuce or straw- 

 berries. In that case a hedge is excusable, and 

 might be laid off in this form: 



Fig. 15. — I, Flower-beds; 2, the hedges; 3, the focal 

 point or vista end. 



This plan is easily modified; the middle bed 

 can be made square, or diamond shaped, or what 

 not. Its main points are the concealment of 

 space behind the hedges, for vegetables, or. If 

 there is nothing to conceal, it is still a good place 

 for trees. . If the ground just behind this area 



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