BY WAY OF 



I would always surround the dwelling with 

 shrubs and perennials, and use annuals and bulbs 

 between them and the paths that run around the 

 house. 



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On the north side of a dwelling large-growing 

 Ferns can be planted with fine effect. These 

 should be gathered in spring, and a good deal of 

 native soil should be brought with them from the 

 woods. They will not amount to much the first 

 year, but they will afford you a great deal of 

 pleasure thereafter. Use in front of them such 

 shade-loving plants as Lily of the Valley and 

 Myosotis. 



Nowadays " tropical effects " are greatly ad- 

 mired. We have but few plants that adapt them- 

 selves to this phase of gardening. Canna, Cala- 

 dium, Ricinus, Coleus, " Golden Feather " Py- 

 rethrum and the gray Centaurea cover pretty 

 nearly the entire list. But by varying the com- 

 binations that can be made with them the ama- 

 teur can produce many new and pleasing effects, 

 thus avoiding the monotony which results from 

 simply copying the beds that we see year after 



