TREES AND SHRUBS 



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The sketch shows an equally good arrangement 

 (Fig. 13?). It exists in an Italian garden. At A there 

 is absolute shadow from the hot sun, and at B no breath of 

 east wind penetrates, these being often the two enemies to 

 be overcome. 



The third plan is one suitable for a public garden, 

 Fig- 133. The paths A can be wide enough to allow 

 large numbers of nurses and perambulators to pass along in 

 the shadow of tall trees, whilst the somewhat oval-shaped 

 space B is good for a bandstand, or as a pleasant place 

 for skipping and games. This rond-point was in an Italian 

 garden, and the trees shown were tall cypresses, so that 

 the shadows cast upon the paths were deep. The plan 

 can be carried out with any of our hardy trees. In a 

 garden in Siena, where shade was badly needed, they had 

 planted a long line of cypress-trees along the south side of 

 a bank about four feet from it, thus leaving room for a 

 narrow paved walk in shadow. This, too, though not a 

 bosquet, is a means of obtaining shadow, and would lend 

 itself to many an English garden. 



