SHRUBBERY 
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line is closest, the water being represented by 
the lawn while the shrubbery mass corresponds 
to the land. Inlets and promontories mark 
such a shore, and lawn “ inlets ” and shrub 
“ promontories ” are exactly the effect most 
desired and desirable in shrubbery planting. 
Study the conformation of such a bank; here 
and there are gentle slopes down to the water’s 
edge. These, low-growing and almost pros- 
trate shrubs, planted in the fore of the taller 
varieties, will successfully reproduce. Else- 
where, masses sometimes detach themselves 
and tumble down and out a bit from the parent 
headland. Here is the guide which shows how 
detached specimens may be planted at the 
prominent parts of the border — of which there 
should be only a very few, however. 
It is distinctly apparent that this sort of 
thing cannot be carried out, except on a very 
limited scale, within the fifty by one hundred 
foot plot, if anything else is to find room in 
the garden. True, a very pleasing border of 
shrubbery is possible even in this space, if it 
is prized above all else; and even with such 
a border there may still be opportunity for 
some flowers. But great restraint must 
govern. 
Generally speaking, too little thought is 
