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no discords to jar upon the sense of harmony, 

 can only be attained by carrying out the sugges- 

 tions of nature itself, applying them with all their 

 possibilities of modification, change, and adapta- 

 tion to the means we would attain. 



From the first, all appearances of stiffness 

 and rigidity of outline, whether of walks, road- 

 ways, or borders, will be studiously avoided. 

 The natural line of beauty we should attempt to 

 reproduce. The placing of ornamental trees 

 and shrubs will depend on the situation and ex- 

 posure ; the arrangement and grouping of flow- 

 ers and foliage-plants, on one's sense of color and 

 correct interpretation of effects. 



I like the hardy shrub border, the low-grow- 

 ing and comparatively less robust shrubs, for a 

 screen next the highway ; for no garden, I think, 

 can be satisfactory without privacy. Glimpses 

 of the interior may be afforded the passer-by, 

 but retirement and shade constitute two of the 

 greatest charms of the garden. The hardy shrub 

 border combines privacy and beauty. In it I 

 would have, among others, for the larger sub- 

 jects, the Japan quinces ; many of the Deutztas ; 

 the common barberry, for its colored fruit in au- 

 tumn ; the purple-leaved, for its effective foliage ; 

 the light-colored althaeas, or rose of Sharon ; the 

 Calycanthus, or sweet-scented shrub, for its fra- 



