CHAPTER XI. 



SHRUBS AND TREES. 



A real picture of our garden belongings 

 would help to a readier comprehension of this 

 chapter and would, I think, add a bit of pleas- 

 ure to the reader. Yet the picture is not unus- 

 ual, in fact is often duplicated. Here are fa- 

 vorite niches, pet corners not overcrowded, sur- 

 prise combinations arresting attention, really 

 amateur gardening greeting you at every turn, 

 places where you would enjoy tucking in some 

 extras or questioning why so arranged. A 

 garden is individual, the owner's mark is on it 

 and his characteristics are everywhere noted. 

 In front are a dozen generous trees, maples, 

 elms, oaks, spruce, larches, beeches blending 

 finely in form and color, giving an imposing 

 frontage and according ever a hearty welcome 

 to visitors. We never tire af them, they are 

 always interesting and companionable. Follow- 

 ing the hedge, we have massed shrubs and flow- 

 ers of varying heights and colors and seasons, 

 studying pictorial effect; some are tall to screen 

 objectionable things beyond the fence, others 

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