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disposed of where out of view. The practice of dumping 

 them along the roadside, which we find in many country 

 places, cannot be too severely condemned, for it renders the 

 destruction of weeds and brush that come up among them 



FIG. 3. Arrangement of Rocks. 



FIG. 4. Unnatural or Inartistic Arrangement of Rocks. 



almost an impossibility. If all the loose stones and cobbles 

 could be removed from the borders of our roadways through- 

 out the country, weeds and other objectionable growth 

 could be easily kept down and the roadsides be soon covered 

 with grass and desirable trees and shrubs as shown in Fig. 73. 

 Ledges and boulders serve as a nucleus around which to 



