PLANNING THE GARDEN 



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often desirable. A border of shrubs may be planted in natural 

 masses with good effect. 



A well-kept garden is a pleasing sight, but a low hedge of 

 some kind may be used to mark the line. Privet hedge, a line 

 of roses, and Japanese barberry are all suitable marks for the 

 garden line ; these may be used either with or without a fence. 

 As beauty is public property, low hedges are often best. The 



MAIN ROAD 



main roat> 

 Fig. 15. 



Fig. 16. 



Fig. 15. — Planting plan for the improvement of rural school grounds. The 

 gardens are not too near the roads, and the playground is at the back. (Arkansas 

 Department Pub. Instruction.) 



Fig. 16. — Plan for rural school grounds of two acres or more. The gardens 

 are at the back. The grounds are well planted and yet room is left for playgrounds. 

 (TJnited States Bureau of Education.) 



taller, dense, thorny hedges may be grown to take the place 

 of a fence. Favorite plants for this purpose are: Common 

 barberry, Osage <?range, Japanese quince, Iboda privet, and 

 the taller roses. Effective screens grown in the form of hedges 

 may be formed of lilacs, althaeas, dogwoods, and many other 

 flowering shrubs. 



Borders or hedges of densely planted evergreens, such as 

 cedars, arbor -vitse, or spruces, are very attractive in both win- 



