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4. To plant the tough and thorny things in exposed places 

 where people pass; the weak and brittle things where there is 

 little chance of injury. 



5. To plant in such an arrangement that flowers of 

 inharmonious hues will not bloom side by side. 



Such plantings will be beautiful and relatively permanent, 

 and will be maintained, year after year, with a minimum of 

 trouble. 



Then, we may 

 plant for fra- 

 grance of leaves 

 or flowers, for 

 succession of 

 bloom through- 

 out the growing 

 season, for au- 

 tumnal colors of 

 leaves or winter 

 colors of bark or 

 berries, or for 

 any other effect 

 that suits our 

 fancy; nature 

 has something 



FIG. 80. A spray of sweet-fern (Comptonia asplenifolia) . 



and purpose. In 



the wildwood we may see under what conditions each 

 thing /thrives best. And anyone can plant successfully who 

 will observe and imitate nature's ways of using each sort. 

 If we wish to attract birds, we will plant berry-bearing 

 bushes and vines: such shrubs as buffalo-berry, shadbush, 

 black-berried elder, viburnums, wild black currant, and 

 blueberries: such vines as wild grape, honeysuckles and 

 clematis. 



