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THE FLOWER GROWER'S GUIDE. 



laurels, rliododcndrons, and a variety of evergreen and flowering shrubs. In some 

 instances, where the back of a mound is not conspicuous, the taller trees should 

 be planted there, dwarfer and choicer kinds on the wide slope to the front. In 

 this way drives may be quickly shut in, and walks rendered additionally enjoyable, 

 The fronts of mounds may often bo usefully supported, as well as made much 

 more attractive, by walls of rough stones, over which various kinds of plants will 

 throw charming tresses of flowers and foliage. Visitors to Dulwich Park, near 

 London, especially in May, when many hardy rockery plants are flowering, cannot 



Fig. 43. -Planting on a Mound— Staple obsctjeeh, 



fail to note how beautiful both mounds and walks can be made in the simple 

 manner described, and which is fortunately applicable to the largest parks or the 



smallest gardens, ; 



Whether mounds shall be oval, oblong, triangular, crescent-shaped, high or low, 

 must be decided according to circumstances, and the main object in view. They often 

 greatly improve the approaches to residences, and are made to fit usefully and orna- 

 mentally between the drive to the front door and the connecting road to the stables. 

 The advantage of planting on mounds, for obscuring buildings at once, will be obviouq 



