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ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE 
Oblong Flower Beds.—The oblong flower bed may 
be 12 feet in diameter and 30 feet long. Prepare the 
soil as for other flower beds and plant five rows of red 
or yellow cannas, in the center, set a row of caladiums 
in front of the cannas, one row of salvia in front of the 
caladiums, and border the bed with vinca, coleus or 
alternanthera. 
Ribbon Beds for Drives.—One of the most effective 
plantings along drives is as follows: California privet 
Fig. 153.—Oblong flower beds. 
hedge that is well pruned as the background, yellow 
cannas in front of the hedge, roses in front of the cannas, 
with border plants of violets or verbenas. This arrange¬ 
ment of plants is permanent. 
Plants for Marking Property Lines.—California 
privet and Amoor River privet are used extensively for 
marking property lines. The plants are set in rows from 
12 to 18 inches apart and should be kept well trimmed 
at all times. For giving that green living effect to lawns 
in the dead of winter a few evergreens such as: cedars, 
boxwood, Euyonamus Japonicas, California privet, and 
Amoor River privet may be planted. They may be 
