18 ARRANGEMENT OF BORDERS. [JAN. 



object is to have as much room to show off the 

 flowers as possible. 



Now for the rules as to the making the gar- 

 den the irregular piece, which you take off to 

 make the parallelogram, or oblong square, may 

 be planted with our own American shrubs ; 

 these, you will observe, grow well in the shade, 

 and will not be injured by being close to the 

 plantations. As soon as you have given the 

 ground a regular form, make a border three 

 feet wide in front of the wall, which I propose 



C, should cover with creepers, and such 

 itiful flowering shrubs as, in this climate, 

 require to be grown against a wall for protec- 

 tion ; and I think, as show is your object, you 

 will not mind sacrificing the two old peach 

 trees, which cover it at present. This wall 

 being towards the south, renders it invaluable. 

 However bare and ugly it may appear at pre- 



