Introduction 



The money put into a fence will often buy enough plants to stock the place. 

 Front fences, in particular, are rarely desirable. The street and the walk 

 sufficiently define the place. Now and then a person wants a front fence 

 to give his place privacy. This may be a perfectly legitimate desire, but 

 the requirements are usually best satisfied by means of a low and substantial 

 wall. A fence means protection. A wall may mean seclusion ; and it 

 may easily be made a part of the architectural features of the place. 



The greenhouse hydrangea as a summer tub plant 



Walls usually work well into the planting designs of a home ground, but 

 the instances where fences do this are exceedingly rare. 



Even in the back yard a wall may be preferable to a fence, but pecuniary 

 considerations may determine for a fence; and, moreover, a real fence is 

 more in keeping in a rear yard, for that yard is usually most in danger of 



