CHILDREN'S GARDENS 



A colony of dwarf evergreens, or one of 



Rhododendron, Kalmia, Andromeda, Mahonia, 



Daphne, would be permanent and satisfactory. 



California Privet, Ligustrum ovali folium, 



trimmed to a foot or a foot and a half makes 



Daphne cneorum: Daphne. 



an excellent hedge for bordering walks and pro- 

 tecting lawns. A Hemlock hedge is possibly 

 the best background for a shrub border, but as 

 it is of slow growth, another may be sub- 

 stituted, as a tall Privet hedge or Arborvitae. 

 Althea makes an excellent screen and could be 

 used with good effect to separate the garden and 

 playground. 



For the sides of the garden a wire or board 

 fence, a covering of quick-growing vines, as 

 Ampelopsis quinquefolia, Ampelopsis veitchii, 



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