CHILDREN'S GARDENS 



anything can be attempted. Some quick-grow- 

 ing vines, such as the Virginia Creeper, Clematis, 

 Hop, or Morning-Glory, trained over the fence 

 would make a good background. Suggestions 

 for a shrub border can be found in the chapter 

 on Planting about a Building, and Shrubs for 



California Privet Hedge. Suggestion for School Grounds. 



the Arboretum, and for a herbaceous border in 

 the chapters on that subject. 



Very often the front yard is sodded and may 

 be separated from the playground by a hedge 

 of California Privet, Rose-of-Sharon, Japan 

 Quince, Arborvitae, Hemlock, or Berberis thun- 

 bergii. Too often the yard is cut up by indi- 



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