LANDSCAPE GARDENING FEATURE 



SPECIAL FEATURES IN THE GARDEN 



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If you lay out small home grounds and plant them, avoid having 

 them all look alike. Treat each place just a little differently from 

 the others. This result can be considerably helped along by what- 

 ever additional work has to be done after the grading, lawn, drive, 

 walks and lot line plantings have been completed. 



Perennial and so-called hardy flower borders add a great deal 

 and we will take them up separately a little farther on. 



A little formal garden that can be laid out in an almost endless 

 variety of designs is always attractive ; then there is the Rose garden 

 and the water garden or pool which can be made quite a feature. 

 The rear of a residence can often be made to look even better than 

 the front and often is used by the owner more than any other part 

 of the grounds. A few specimen conifers are almost always in place 

 somewhere; so are pergolas, gazing globes, fountains or bird baths 

 and sun-dials. 



Rustic or concrete benches may be used; the rockery can be 

 made in endless shapes to harmonize with the surroundings ; a Summer 

 house can often be used to great advantage; a little ravine gives 

 occasion for the building of a little bridge from which one can turn 



Fig. 44. THE FORMAL GARDEN FEATURE. Wherever space permits the formal 



garden can be made an attractive feature. It should always be considered in the 



laying out of a showground 



