CHAPTER XXVII 

 PLANTS FOR PARTIALLY SHADED LOCATIONS 



It often becomes necessary to make a selection of the lower- 

 growing trees and shrubs to be planted in partially shaded situations. 

 This condition may be brought about by the location of buildings, by 

 the location of individual groups of large trees, and by the location 

 of scattered specimen trees. We are not considering, in this compila- 

 tion, the group of materials shown in Chapter XXVIII, which is not 

 only adapted to this same condition of partial shade but has further 

 value in being adapted to heavily shaded areas under wooded con- 

 ditions. The shrubs in this list are those which may be used to a 

 great degree of safety on lawn areas where a more or less refined plant- 

 ing is necessary, and where native plants are not so much desired. 



The difficulty with many kinds of trees and shrubs planted in shaded 

 locations is that the lack of sunlight prevents them from attaining a 

 normal development. The foliage becomes thin and the branches are 

 apt to grow long and spindly. Plants indigenous to such conditions, 

 however, and which have come to thrive with this lessened supply of 

 light, in partially shaded conditions, develop an interesting type of 

 foliage; but flower effects on such plants are never quite as heavy as on 

 plants which are supplied with sufficient Hght. In the making of 

 plantations of this kind the only logical hope can be that of pro- 

 ducing a foliage effect which serves as a background for a lawn and 

 also often serves as a partial screen to give privacy to some garden or 

 to shut off a service yard or other undesirable area. 



The bush honeysuckle, the arrow-wood, and the privet form a denser 

 foliage than any of the other types of plants in this group. 



LIST OF PLANTS FOR PARTIALLY SHADED LOCATIONS 



As contrasted with the plants listed under Chapter XXVIII, most of 

 the types in this list are adapted for use on the refined lawn areas where 

 fruit and flowers, together with a heavy texture of foliage in the mature 

 plant, are of great value. In fact, some of these plants such as the 



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