FORMAL FLOWER-BEDS 



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planted at intervals. In between the formal square beds, 

 and rising out of the turf, were Irish yews and junipers, 

 carefully wired into the tall narrow shapes that one 

 notices in Kyp's drawings of old gardens. These were 

 placed usually in pairs. A plan which shows well how 



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FIG. 41. 



such trees can be utilized to emphasize the design is 

 Fig. 42. 



The reserve garden cannot always be placed in a 

 square piece of ground. Fig. 43 shows a very simple 

 design cut out in triangular fashion. As the beds (A, B) 

 are rather wide, flowering shrubs can be planted amongst 

 the flowers, for sprays of lilac and syringa are often wanted 

 for the large ornamental vases in a house. 



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