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AGRICULTURE. 



The leading thought in planting home grounds, but 

 particularly school grounds, is to have a setting of green- 

 sward for the central figure the building and then to 

 frame this with an irregular border of trees, shrubs, and 

 flowers, as shown in Fig. 90. 



Fig. 90. A picture, of which a schoolhouse is the central figure. 



The border can always be added to or taken from with- 

 out disturbing the arrangement. A hill of corn or a canna 

 root may be inserted in the background with pleasing 

 effect, while the foreground may be used for annual 

 flowers. 



