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placed midway in the lot and only P* 

 far enough away from the northern 

 boundary to permit of a screen of 

 planting. It is common to place 

 the house as nearly in the center 

 of the lot as possible, but it is a 

 mistake, for such a location reduces 

 the size of the lawn and the gar- 

 dening possibilities greatly. We 

 would occupy the entire southern 

 and western boundaries of the lot, 

 and perhaps a portion of the east- 

 ern, with the border, which should 

 vary in width from five or six feet 

 up to twenty feet, with a curved 

 outline on the lawn. This border 

 should be planted principally with 

 shrubs arranged in groups, but a 

 few trees, such as birches, magnolias 

 and Judas trees, should be used, 

 and a few evergreens, such as reti- 

 nosporas, and quite a number of 

 evergreen shrubs. Where a great 

 variety of hardy plants is desired 

 the entire margin of this border 

 might be filled with them, but a 

 more efifective arrangement is to 

 plant them in bold groups, — one 

 variety in a group, — and alternate 

 them with groups of shrubs. Some 

 of the stronger-growing plants, such 

 as sunflowers, foxgloves, and single 

 hollyhocks, might be placed in the 

 middle or back part of the border, 

 and the Japanese lilies — auratum, 

 rubrum, and album — and our Ameri- 

 can species, superbum, can always 

 be planted in, and combined to ad- lhaum 



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