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even here it is well to follow out consistently the 

 typical scheme of planting that pertains to the land- 

 scape of the entire place. At least we can go far 

 towards retaining a natural effect by planting trees 

 on the curb at unequal distances — 35 feet — 40 feet — 

 45 feet and even 50 feet or 60 feet apart. The kinds of 

 shade trees used can also be made to vary the effect, 

 not by changing the species continually, but by planting 

 a dozen or more of one sort together. If the road 

 winds, it is a good idea to plant one kind from one turn 

 to the next as far as the eye can see. The beauty of 

 this system of irregular planting, especially in the case 

 of shrubs and flowers, is that any damage done by the 

 public does not produce such defacing effects as would 

 occur in a symmetrically formed group, or in a hedge. 



It is a fact, however, that a carefully worked out 

 group, an evidently foreordained design would be 

 more likely to survive unscathed than carelessly made 

 plantations, the composition of which is characterized, 

 to use a homely phrase, by neither rhyme nor reason. 

 Thoughtless and uninstructed persons are apt to think 

 that whenever they see a plantation along a fence that 

 looks as if it had sprung up there naturally, it must be 

 evident that the arrangement can never have been the 

 result of a carefully studied design. 



This concealment of intention is truly what ought to 

 be instinctively practised if the design is good. But in 

 attempting to do such work it should be remembered 

 that every plant counts in the scheme and that not one 

 plant can be safely planted in any haphazard fashion. 



