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ha-ha, the advantage, though great, is purely negative ; some prospect worth retaining at 



considerable cost is not obstructed." 



6137. Reserve-ground for the shrubbery. A plot of ground should be set apart for the propagation and 

 culture of the more tender shrubs, to supply deaths or accidents in the front of the shrub-border. This 

 reserve-nursery will be most conveniently situated when joined to that of the flower-garden; but it may 

 also be taken from the interior of any wide part of the plantation where it will not be seen. Here roses, 

 mezereons, American shrubs, honeysuckles, and a variety of the more ornamental and tender sorts should 

 always be in readiness, partly in pots and partly in nursery lines, to remove to the principal scene, either 

 to add to its usual beauty, or to compensate for accidental defects. To the same ground may be added a 

 space for accumulating leaves, spray, and other refuse of the shrubbery, to ferment and produce manure 

 for the nursery in the same way as is done in the compost-grounds of the kitchen and flower garden. 



Chap. IV. 



Of Planting the Shrubbery. 



6138. On planting tlie shrubbery the same general remarks, submitted as introductory 

 to planting the flower-garden, are applicable ; and shrubs may be arranged in as many 

 different manners as flowers. Trees, however, are permanent and conspicuous objects, 

 and consequently produce an effect during winter, when the greater number of herba- 

 ceous plants are scarcely visible. This is more especially the case with that class called 

 evergreens, which, according as they are employed or omitted, produce the greatest dif- 

 ference in the winter aspect of the shrubbery. We shall here describe four leading 

 modes for the arrangement of the shrubbery, distinguishing them by the names of the 

 mingled or common, the select or grouped manner, and the systematic or methodical style 

 of planting. Before proceeding farther it is requisite to observe, that the proportion of 

 evergreen trees to deciduous trees in cultivation in this country, is as 1 to 12 ; of ever- 

 green shrubs to deciduous shrubs, exclusive of climbers and creepers but including roses, 

 as 4 to 8 ; that the time of the flowering of trees and shrubs is from March to August 

 inclusive, and that the colors of the flowers are the same as in herbaceous plants. These 

 data will serve as guides for the selection of species and varieties for the different modes 

 of arrangement, but more especially for the mingled manner. 



6139. To dispose shrubs and trees in the mingled manner, proceed as under. The width of the space to 

 be covered with trees, shrubs, and flowers being given, first mark it out in rows lengthways. The first 



