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“To make a beautiful mound, or what will appear to be a 
mound, yet is only level ground, plant that which grows 
tallest in the center of a ring or circle, next tallest outside 
of that, and so on down to a creeping ground plant. For 
instance, you want a mound twelve feet across, six or eight 
feet high in center, gradually sloping off lower until it is on 
a level with the ground. You will first mark it off in rings, 
say eighteen inches apart. Now transplant in the center 
ring cight or ten fine plants of figwort; it grows six to 
Fia. 91.—Fox Glove, pretty but poisonous. 
eight feet high, filled with beautiful seed pods as large as 
buckshot. Next row transplant with goldenrod ; grows four 
to six feet high ; then the next row plant in spider plant, 
which grows three to five feet high, and its pretty pink flowers 
contrasting strikingly with the golden rod. Next row trans- 
plant with motherwort and catnip mixed equally; two feet 
high ; bloom white. Next row plant princess feather ; bloom 
is scarlet and an excellent honey plant. Next row, white 
mustard ; one foot high; bloom gclden yellow. Next row 
transplant peppermint ; bloom white. Last row, ground ivy, 
a creeping vine, and good for bees. This will, when grown 
