138 LANDSCAPE GARDENING 



and color contrast. The position of tlie shrubs 

 will be clue to their height, and they will be "faced 

 down." "Facing down" is the planting of small 

 varieties close to the edge of larger ones in order to 

 make them appear as a bank, and tie them down 

 closely to the ground. As a rule, naturalistic 

 planting is intended to be seen from a distance, and 

 its boundaries are not often j)recise, but are al- 

 lowed to merge gradually one into the other. 

 ~- Park-like planting (Fig. 31) tells first for mass 

 and secondly for incli^-idual values. Trees are 

 groui)ed in large masses, and small clumps occur 

 near the edge of these masses, often with single 

 trees of unusual size and beauty at some distance 

 from the mass planting, so that an impression is 

 created of large masses gradually becoming subdi- 

 A'ided in such a way as to emphasize the individu- 

 ality of single plants. This planting is not faced 

 down. It occurs frequently in England. 



In seasonal planting any tj^e may prevail, since 

 the selection of plants is determined by the season 

 at which they reach their greatest attractiveness, 

 and this type of planting is such as will be used in 

 an estate which is open at only one season. Con- 

 sequently it is not necessary that the garden or the 

 surroundings should appear to advantage at any 



