CHAPTER VI 

 VISTAS GOOD AND BAD 



A BARRIER of living verdure makes an unpleasant pros- 

 pect practically non-existent, whether space be measured 

 in acres or in feet. Therefore it does not seem an exag- 

 geration to say that the possibilities which lie between what 

 are termed "planting out" and "planting in" are the greatest 

 boon of the garden builder, wherever he may be working. 

 Nothing need be endured, for even the tiniest of snug little 

 places has room for a screen of one sort or another. And the 

 tinier the place the greater is the likelihood of its needing a 

 screen somewhere. 



Distance is the primary consideration in planning a screen 

 not the distance away of the object to be screened, however, 

 but the distance between it and the screen. What this distance 

 shall be is determined by the relative size of the object and the 

 place from which it is desired to hide it. Therefore, this de- 

 mands attention first. 



Let us suppose that the small building at the right in the 

 diagram is to be cut off from the window of the house only. 

 Then, in order to be made up of the least number of shrubs 

 possible, the screening group must be placed close up to the 

 window. But if the same building is to be "planted out" 

 from the entire porch it will be necessary to set the shrubs of 



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