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feel that it should be much simpler in its construction 

 than is usually the case large groups of a few kinds 

 chosen for their suitability to be neighbours and blend- 

 ing irregularly one into the other, each shrub being given 

 ample room to develop, even though the border must 

 look a trifle bare for a season or two. Occasionally 

 evergreens are a grateful change in the shrubbery bor- 

 der, and underplanting along the front is very desirable. 

 A few low-growing subjects suitable for this purpose are: 



Hypericum calycinum, one foot. 



Moserianum, twelve to eighteen inches. 

 Jasminum nudiflorum. Naked Jasmine. (Trailing.) 

 Vinca minor, eight inches. 

 Daphne Cneorum, one foot. 



" Mezereum, two and a half feet. 

 Euonymus radicans, one and a half feet. 

 Cotoneaster horizontalis. (Trailing.) 



Simonsii. 



Berberis Thunbergii, two to three feet. 

 Ivy. (Prostrate.) 

 Azalea amoena, three feet. 

 Gaultheria procumbens creeping. 

 Andromeda floribunda. 



" polifolia, one foot. 



Colonies of spring-flowering bulbs are charming 

 scattered beneath and in front of the shrubs, and many 

 gay pictures may be created with their aid. 



This class of plants is not as a rule peremptory in its 

 cultural demands, and for this reason we have fallen into 

 the way of imposing upon their kindly nature and stick- 

 ing them into a shallow hole in any sort of soil and situ- 



