io THE LANDSCAPE GARDENING BOOK 



and cheer and cheeriness is essential to the success of any sort 

 of garden. 



Stock the pool with a few goldfish or something more ordi- 

 nary if these cannot be had to keep the mosquito larvae down ; 

 and you will have a garden infinitely more interesting than the 

 conventional lawn would be, at much less than it would cost, 

 both in labor and money, in such a situation. 



Uncleared land, full of rank underbrush and wild growths, is 

 not common, because one of the first things that an up-to-date 

 development company does is clear away every scrap of growing 

 thing. Even the trees are not always spared. But now and 

 then one does come across such a plot and it is a great piece 

 of good fortune, if handled properly. 



Leave the wild growth along its boundaries and let it form 

 the backing for whatever shrubs you may wish to plant, instead 

 of mowing down and digging out every thing on the place. 

 Many times there are shrubs which, left to grow, will develop 

 into as fine specimens as anything you may buy and the 

 advantage of having them native is immense. 



Common elder is much used in shrubbery borders by the best 

 landscape architects, also sumach, which grows so freely wild. 

 Cornels and viburnums between them furnish more and more 

 pleasing varieties for general landscape work than any other 

 two species in the world, and both are to be found in almost 

 any patch of woods or underbrush. The native ivy which some 

 call Virginia creeper and others know as woodbine, clambers 

 about luxuriantly very often, over all the rest. 



One should, of course, learn to distinguish this from the 

 noxious poison ivy, before venturing to handle or plant. To 

 the casual observer they resemble each other very much, though 

 as a matter of fact there is very little likeness between them. 



