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angles serve to unite the buildings with the 

 grounds, and add to the harmony between them. 

 To take the place of low-growing shrubs 

 along the walls and in the angles 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-vitaes, 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 



