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treatment is, however, to be deprecated so long as 
there is any possibility of getting grass to grow. 
I have already mentioned that this front remains 
four-square as the builders left it, and I think this is 
an instance in which some gently curving design might 
successfully be introduced, and so obliterate to some 
extent the existing outline. 
The approach to the front door must of necessity be 
direct, and it is important that direct access be pro- 
vided to the back of the house. There is another dis- 
advantage in the simple rectangular borders in this 
plan—viz., that there is no area provided for a pretty 
grouping of plants or shrubs such as would be desir- 
able to form somewhat more of a screen between the 
house and the road. By broadening out the borders 
in the corners this becomes possible, and there is plenty 
of room for a flowering shrub, such as Almond, Prunus, 
or flowering Cherry, with other shrubs principally of an 
evergreen and flowering nature, such as the Berberis, 
Cytisus, and others. In front of these little groupings 
of shrubs a few spring flowering bulbs, such as Scillas, 
Snowdrops, Crocuses, etc., can be planted, and will 
brighten the outlook in early spring, whilst patches of 
Mignonette, Night-scented Stock, and a few summer 
flowering plants might be introduced so that the borders 
are never quite without their attractions, even though 
their principal object is to serve as a screen from the 
road. 
Now look at what other competitors suggest for the 
front garden. Take, first, the second-prize design on 
page 32. In this case Mr. Orphoot boldly shifted the 
entrance-gate several feet to the right, presumably 
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