100 ARRANGEMENT IN PLANTING. 



to be considered " master of the situation," and all things are to be 

 arranged with due regard to it ; but in the latter there is an open 

 field for the taste and judgment. 



RULE V. 



In adding to belts or groups of trees or shrubs, plant near the 

 salient points, rather than in bays or openings. 



The fifth rule is one which novices in planting are always vio- 

 lating. It is such a temptation to plant a tree or shrub " where 

 there is most room for it," and " where it will show handsomely," 

 that the ignorant planter at once selects some clear place on his 

 lawn, or some open bay, for the new comer ; quite forgetful that a 

 few such plantings will break the prettiest of lawns into insignifi- 

 cant fragments, and change the sunny projections and shadowy 

 bays of a shrubbery border into a lumpish wall of verdure. 



The placement of large and showy bedding plants or annuals 

 and perennials must be made on the same principle. They are 

 to be regarded as shrubs, and the places for them must be deter- 

 mined by their usual size at midsummer. 



Low-growing flowers, or brilliant-leaved and bushy plants, may 

 occasionally be relieved to advantage in the shady bays of a shrub- 

 bery border, especially if a walk leads near them ; but in general, 

 flower-beds (except such as are formed into artistic groups as a 

 special feature of a window-view), should be either nefar walks 

 or the points of shrubbery projections. Like gay flags on a 

 parade ground, they show to best advantage in the van of the 

 advanced columns. 



RULE VI. 



Shrubs which rest upon the lawn should not be planted nearer 

 than from siy to ten feet from the front fence, except where intended 

 to form a continuous screen of foliage. 



The sixth rule is one which may not be practicable to follow on 

 very small lots, or where the space is narrow between the house 

 and the street ; but there would be a marked improvement in the 



