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such promontories. The first, beside the house, 

 is made of Hemlocks and White Pines with an 

 undergrowth of native and hybrid Rhododendrons. 

 This is a strong group of more than fifty plants. 

 The second promontory is composed of Pinus 

 sylvestris, the Scotch Pine, and a group of 

 twenty flowering Dogwood trees. In spring the 

 wonderful white bracts of the Dogwood flowers 

 find a foil in the green of the pine, and in the 

 autumn the evergreens make a background for 

 the Dogwoods' striking red foliage and bright 

 fruit. The third promontory is a slight one but 

 marked by three Jbies concolor. These Abies 

 concolor or White Firs, which like the Blue 

 Spruce have been very greatly misused as lawn 

 decorations — lawn disfigurements — ^have gained a 

 charming place for themselves here. Plants of 

 such unusual color enliven the border. They 

 must be used only where they will not spoil the 

 color efi^ect of other plants. They must be used only 

 in an extensive border, and even then only very 

 sparingly. The fourth promontory is the strong- 

 est part of the boundary. It marks the end of 

 the South lawn and furnishes a background for 

 the rustic shelter. The columnar Cedars and 

 Arbor Vitaes in the foreground make striking 



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