THE GENERAL PLAN OR THEORY OF THE PLACE 33 
with its medley of form and color. Nearly every yard has some 
such strip of land along a rear walk or fence or against a build- 
ing. It is the easiest thing to plant it, — ever so much easier 
24, An open back yard. Flowers may be thrown in freely along the borders, 
but they would spoil the lawn if placed in its center. 
than digging the characterless geranium bed into the center 
of an inoffensive lawn. The suggestions are carried further in 
Figs. 22 to 25. 
25. A flower-garden at the rear or one side of the place. 
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