334: State Hurticiiltural Society. 



Again the color of the bark and foliage is quite as important an 

 element from an artistic point of view as form and texture. All shades 

 of green, blue, white, red and orange are represented. In this we 

 have equally as great a variation as in form and texture. Then what 

 is the gardener to do with such diversities of color, texture and form. 

 He must know his trees. He must know them as they change with the 

 seasons and with the years. If he is not able nor willing to do this he 

 must take the results of chance. 



As time is limited let us pass on to other features of landscape 

 art that deserve our attention. 



There are multitudes of hardy climbers and annuals that may be 

 employed over porches, trellises, arbors and against the bare masonry 

 of buildings. Climbing roses and honeysuckles, for example, wis- 

 teria, Virginia creeper, clematis, trumpet vine, cypress, maderia, the 

 wild grape and the hop vine must not be forgotten. Not all will look 

 well together nor be suited for all places. Each has a special charm 

 and beauty of its own determined by its habits of growth and the 

 character of its flowers and foliage. Hardy climbers are more effec- 

 tive in uniting the lawn and walls of the house than annuals, which 

 are present for a season and then gone, leaving not only the junction 

 of the soil and walls bare, but the work to be done over again the next 

 year. 



Flowering shrubs is another necessary element in the ornamenta- 

 tion of home grounds. Like the climbers there name is legion. We 

 have all gradations, from the little deutzia on the one hand with its 

 low spreading top to the upright honeysuckle, barberry and flower- 

 ing- crab. It is in this profusion of species the danger lies in select- 

 ing the proper forms for the proper places. 



Here again the gardener should know his plants. He should 

 know those that first put forth their leaves in spring, the time of 

 blooming, the character of the flowers and fruit. In general mass 

 those shrubs with the darker restful colors in the back ground, and 

 those of lighter shades in the foreground. 



Select those forms that blossom successivel}^ for it is in this con- 

 stant change we have one of the principal charms of the garden. 



If we attempt the naturalistic style of gardeninj^', let it appear 

 natural. Don't destroy the lawn and the whole effects by dotting 

 here and there pattern beds with bright and variegated foliage that 

 stare at us the summer long like a painted sign. 



Pattern beds are not the only monstrosities that appear on our 

 lawns. Equally as bad are the camp kettles, vases, fountains, paint 

 buckets and even sewer tiles are seen promiscously scattered about on 



