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opportunity offers along the course of a walk. In fig- 

 ure 6, the walk divides and passes each side of a bed of 

 choice shrubbery, while the opposite sides of the walk are 

 planted with some of the select shrubs already named, or 

 others. By the judicious use of flowering shrubs, and 

 the low-growing evergreens, very fine effects may be pro- 

 duced. In figure 7, is a similar but more elaborate plan, 

 which allows of the introduction of flowers in masses ; 

 such an arrangement would be very appropriate for a 

 Kose garden. In figure 8, we have a design for ornament- 

 ing the point at which two walks unite at right angles. 

 The planting may be of Ivy, Trailing Juniper, and other 

 low-growing evergreens, upon a ground-work of well- 

 kept grass, or flowers may be introduced. In figure 9, 

 we have a bit of ornamental flower garden at the terminus 

 of a walk. What has been said of the selection of shrubs, 

 etc., in describing the larger designs, will be a sufficient 

 guide in carrying out these smaller plans. 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 PLANTING OF FLOWER BEDS. 



Much difference prevails in the modes of planting 

 flower beds, some holding to the promiscuous intersper- 

 sion of the different plants, others to the ribbon or carpet 

 style of planting, now so general in Europe. If the pro- 

 miscuous system is adopted, care should be taken to dispose 

 the plants in the beds so that the tallest plants will be at 

 the back of the bed, if the border is against a wall or 

 background of shrubbery, the others gradating to the 

 front, according to height. In open beds, on the lawn, 

 the tallest should be at the centre, the others grading 



