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low junipers may be grouped with these, and 

 between the corner of the house and the lawn 

 or garden, three or four hemlocks, to ensure 

 privacy, and against the hemlocks a cluster of 

 white birches. Tall ferns grow excellently as 

 neighbours to these shrubs, and the ground 

 beneath them may very well be covered by 

 the myrtle, which is the best substitute for the 

 undergrowths of the woods. 



On the eastern side the Japanese euonymus 

 and the Andromedas are charming, with Thun- 

 berg's barberry, and a privet or two for height. 

 Again ferns and myrtle for ground cover. 



On the south and west set the flowering 

 shrubs, with chrysanthemums set in clumps 

 between them, and peonies wherever there is 

 a place for one. Roses trained to the wall are 

 best seen in such positions, and if the shrub 

 bed be large enough to let some foxgloves or 

 hollyhocks be set between the bushes, the 

 effect will be pleasant. Cannas are very often 

 planted close to the walls, and while they do 

 not give the idea of permanence, which is one 

 of the things best worth striving for in all 

 planting, they are better than nothing. 



In a world where change is a too insistent 



