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front of this shrubbery a space two or three feet 

 wide may be left for flowers. Here sow and 

 plant with a free hand. Have sufficient poppies 

 and hollyhocks and pinks and lilies and petunias 

 to supply every member of the family and every 

 neighbor. Against the background they glow 

 like coals or lie as soft as the snow. 



Fill in the corners of the place. Round off 

 the angularities. Throw a mass of herbage into 

 the corner by the steps (Fig. 93) : 

 then you will not need to saw off 

 the grass with a butcher knife. 

 Plant a vine and some low plants 

 along the foundations. 



When these main or funda- ^ 

 mental things are ^ g^,,^ 

 considered, then ^V C 

 some of the inci- » >^ ' 

 dental things may 

 be considered. If 

 you are fond of 

 some particular 

 plant, as the hy- 

 drangea, plant it in 

 some prominent 

 place in front of 

 the shrub border. 

 You may want a 



tree to Snade a ^Ig. 93. The comer by the steps. 



