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53. A COLLECTION OF HARDY PERENNIAL FLOWERS .... 124 



54. BREEDING HARDY CARNATIONS. A SWEET PEA COLLEC- 



TION 128 



55. A TYPICAL FRONT YARD IN THE PERFECT CITY BOURN- 



VILLE 132 



56. A TYPICAL BACK YARD IN BOURNVILLE 132 



57. TALL FRUIT TREES ARE OUT-OF-DATE IN CITIES . . . . 132 



58. PERFECT UNITY AND ADMIRABLE VARIETY 140 



59. VINES GIVE MORE AND BETTER INDIVIDUALITY THAN ORNA- 



MENTATION 140 



60. HEMLOCK NEARLY EQUIVALENT TO YEW 140 



61. OUR SUBSTITUTE FOR THE CEDAR OF LEBANON . -. . . 148 



62. DOUGLAS SPRUCE 100 FEET HIGH IN CULTIVATION ... 148 



63. CEDARS, BIG TREE AND SCOTCH PINE 148 



64. RHODODENDRONS AT KEW. CLASSICAL EFFECT 156 



65. THE TYPICAL ENGLISH SPRING GARDEN 160 



66. A LANDSCAPE FORESTRY EFFECT 164 



67. A HARDY EVERGREEN BAMBOO. WRONG WAY TO USE 



RHODODENDRONS 172 



68. THE EFFECT OF MELLOWNESS. THE DEER PARK EFFECT . 176 



69. THE AGE EFFECT. THE FLOWERING EFFECT 176 



70. JAPANESE CRAB. DWARF HORSE CHESTNUT 196 



71. SORBARIA AITCHISONI 198 



73. JAPANESE SNOWBALL. WAYFARING TREE 204 



74. ROSES ON A PINE. IVY ON BRICK. VIRGINIA CREEPER . . 204 



75. ARCH OF BLUSH RAMBLER ROSES 212 



76. TALL ROSES " 220 



77. ELM-LEAVED SPIREA. OSTROWSKIA. SOLOMON'S SEAL . . 228 



78. CRAM BE ORIENT A LIS. DROPMORE ANCHUSA 236 



79. SIR FRANK CRISP'S ALPINE GARDEN 244 



80. HEUCHERA. RODGERSIA 244 



81. NEPETA MUSSINL ARMERIA. SEDUM 244 



82. YELLOW FLAX. HEUCHERA 252 



83. THE WRONG WAY TO MAKE AN ALPINE GARDEN .... 252 



84. THE RIGHT WAY TO MAKE AN ALPINE GARDEN 252 



85. A FEW COLDFRAMES WILL RAISE THOUSANDS OF ALPINES . 256 



86. DAFFODILS NATURALIZED IN AN ENGLISH PARK .... 256 



87. THE ARTISTIC WAY TO PLANT DAFFODILS ...... 256 



88. DAFFODILS AT GRAVETYE 262 



