82 Grouping anfc massing of {Trees ano Sbrubs. 



which should be placed at a sufficient distance to allow eacb 

 the fullest possible development. One plantation should 

 not consist of too many species mixed without order, but 

 the different groups should mingle in a natural manner to 

 form a united whole. Coniferous trees make the best im- 

 pression when planted by themselves in groups and masses, 

 in the same manner as deciduous shrubs and trees. When 

 two plantations meet, one evergreen and the other decidu- 

 ous, the transition should be gradual ; spruce and birch, and 

 other trees will mix together, and the plantation in such 

 places must be less dense than in the main groups; glades 



FIG. 46.— MIXED PLANTATION OF DECIDUOUS TREES AND EVERGREENS. 



and vistas and open patches of grass should alternate with 

 the scattered groups. 



There must be harmony of form and color between the 

 different plants that compose the shrubbery, but monotony 

 should be avoided. If plants with light foliage are placed 

 in front of dark ones the effect is much better than if they 

 were planted in an opposite way, hence the beautiful effect 

 of flowering shrubs with a group of spruce and pine for a 

 background. Trees with ovate or cordate leaves, such as 

 the different varieties of birch and beech, may be placed in 

 one group. Others with sinuous or incised leaves, such as 

 the many forms of oak, in another, and pinnately leaved 



