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How to Make a Flower Garden 



tree or a group of trees on the 

 north side. For a large garden, 

 trees might be used on every side, 

 since in that case there would be 

 plenty of space along the north 

 boundary for plants that delight 

 in sunshine, or the outline could be 

 varied by planting crab-apples in 

 one place and oaks in another. 



Swamp white oak (Quercus bieolor) 



In such a garden it will generally be 

 found that an irregular boundary is 

 the most pleasing. Such an arrangement 

 gives shady bays, with projecting points 

 that catch the sunshine and give char- 

 acter to the picture. 



The effect desired will not be pro- 

 duced in a single year. The ground 

 about the trees and shrubs will need 

 cultivation until these are well estab- 

 lished. It would be well if this planting 

 could be done a year or two in advance 

 of the planting of flowers. After the 



No winter scene is perfect without the evergreens 



