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aneles serve to unite the buildinLrs with the 

 grounds, and add to the harmony between them. 

 To take the place of low-growing shrubs 

 alone the walls and in the ano^les of northern 

 exposures, nothing is more beautiful than ferns 



FIG. 143. — FERNS AND PHLOX. 



with their feathery fronds (Fig. 143), which can 

 be used so effectively in house decorations. 



When it becomes necessary to have a fence 

 or a hedge there are many shrubs adapted for 

 this purpose — as, roses, barberries, japonicas, 

 bush honeysuckles, privets, arbor-vitals, elder 

 bushes, sumachs, and a dozen others. If several 

 kinds of these shrubs are allowed to form a con- 

 tinuous yet irregular band, becoming broader 



