THE NURSERYMAN S PART IN LANDSCAPE ADORNMENT. 3 1 5 



While the operative details in this business are so many and 

 so varied, depending so much on surrounding conditions as to for- 

 bid the laying down of specific rules in an article of this length, 

 still we will name some things that may be done and some that 

 should not be done. 



1st. We should try to impress on the minds of our patrons 

 that the best scenic effect is produced by contrast effect — sharp con- 

 trast of colors. 



2d. Large growing trees should be planted forty feet apart or 

 more. 



The nurseryman should not recommend the planting of Scotch 

 pine and Norway spruce where other evergreens can be successfully 

 grown ; should not advise planting trees or shrubs so as to obstruct 

 a view of the buildings, nor tall growing shrubs anywhere on the 

 lawn nor along drives — except in shrubberies ; nor shrubs that 

 bloom all at one season ; or trees or shrubs liable to become breed- 

 ing grounds for injurious diseases or insects — and except for wind- 

 breaks should not recommend the white willow or cottonwood 

 where the sugar maple and linden can be grown. In fact, the use 1 

 ful only, other things being equal, should g;ve way to those which 

 combine beauty and utility. Where it is necessary to use tall, grow- 

 ing shrubs for screen he should not recommend lilacs if high bush 

 cranberry can be had. He should not advise straight roads, drive- 

 ways or walks in grounds where curved lines would produce a 

 better effect; he should advise the planting of sugar maple, soft 

 maple, American linden and, in smaller quantities, cut-leaved maple, 

 Schwedler's maple, ash, cut-leaved weeping birch, American and 

 European mountain ash, shell bark hickory, black walnut, butternut, 

 European larch, white spruce, blue spruce, concolor, white pine, 

 Austrian pine, balsam fir, dwarf mountain pine, Douglas spruce, 

 American arbor vitae and silver cedar. He should advise groves of 

 deciduous and evergreen trees — where possible with irregular out- 

 lines, with here and there small clumps of deciduous trees, not leav- 

 ing out one of the varieties that produce beautiful autumn leaves. 

 He should recommend large, well kept lawns where possible to have 

 them, on and around which should be seen all of our hardy flower- 

 ing shrubs, climbing vines, climbing roses and hardy roses. He 

 should recommend large masses of perennial and herbaceous 

 flowers. In fact, in floriculture the impress of his work should be 

 decidedly marked. 



For early flowering, beds of white tulip with yellow or scarlet 

 or crimson borders, or beds of scarlet and crimson tulips with a 



