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LIST OF PLANTS FOR BORDER PLANTING

A. Masses for Refined Lawn Areas. This group consists ofboth low-growing and tall-growing types of shrubs, mostly of a hardyfoliage type, neat in the habit of their growth, compact in the textureof their foliage, and comparatively free from the ravages of insects andscale. The evergreen shrubs which can appropriately be interjectedinto border plantings are few in number and must be used sparingly.They are omitted from the following altogether.

a. Low-growing shrubs {approximately three feet tall):

Berberis thunbergi Deutzia lemoinei

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