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shrubs should be massed together. I do not mean that one 

 plant should be alternated with another, but groups of one 

 kind should be massed with groups of another kind. 



Fig. 136. — The proper way to mass shrubs in isolated groups. 



Single specimen plants have a place on large lawns, but 

 when they are used the individual plant should appear to be 

 attached to a group of shrubs and placed at some little 



Fig. 137. — An unattractive residence due to the lack of shrubs. 



distance from the clump. The distance the single shrubs are 

 located from the general mass should be gauged so that the 

 specimen does not appear to be entirely distinct but to have 



