Rural School Leaflet 



1297 



and near the border planting of shrubbery, as shown in the illustration. 

 Vistas should be left open to distant views, such as beautiful hills, church 

 spires, well-cultivated fields, fine old trees, brooks, or attractive farm- 

 houses. The planting should be in irregular borders, with lower bushes 

 in the front and taller ones in the rear. 

 The selection of 



plants should be made 

 for their foliage effects, 

 so as to give the place 

 a heavy border mass of 

 green. Flowers are for 

 decorative purposes and 

 are of a temporary 

 nature. The selection of 

 trees, shrubs, and vines 

 should include the 

 more common varieties, 

 because they are hardy, 

 less expensive, and 

 more likely to grow. 

 It is strongly suggested 

 that materials for 

 planting be collected 

 from woods, old yards, 

 fields, and near-by 

 fences, instead of being 

 bought as nursery 

 stock. The planting 

 list should be kept 

 down to a minimum 

 number of the varieties 

 that will be named 

 later. 



A selection from the 

 following trees is suggested: maple, elm, ash, buttonwood, oak, hickory, 

 pine, spruce, and hemlock. For shrubs, the common plants to be 

 found in the woods and swales, together with roots that can be 

 found in every old farmyard, should be used: willow, witch-hazel, 

 flowering dogwood, red-twigged dogwood, thorn apple, elder, sumac, 

 wild honeysuckle, and high bush cranberry — these and others can be 

 found in every school district. From farmyards can be procured 

 snowball, spiraea, lilac, forsythia, mock orange, roses, snowberries, and 

 barberry. 



Plan of school grounds, showing location of trees and 

 border planting 



