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. 4. They may be grown in front of masses of shrubbery, in nooks r 

 or in front of evergreen or deciduous hedges. 



5. Placed in irregular clumps, or beds at the base of a thicket of 

 evergreens for a background, the flowers will produce an ideal 

 effect. 



6. Do not plant flowers as a rule in formal plats of ground such 

 as squares, circles and similar geometrical shapes in the center 

 of an open piece of ground. 



7. Do not plant large areas of a single kind of plants except in 

 instances where there are large tracts to be devoted to flowers, 



shrubbery and trees. 



8. Let there be an aggregation of many species, that there may 

 be new pictures unfolding from time to time. 



FIG. 11 Flowers along the borders of walks and buildings. 



