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die down each year but whose roots live in the soil over winter. These 

 afford us a greater variety of flowers than we could otherwise have. 



Arrange the planting so that it will afford beautiful scenes all 

 seasons of the year. Try to arrange the planting so that there will be 

 a succession of blooming plants in different parts of the grounds all 

 season. Try to have flowers of many different colors at the same time. 

 Have plants with leaves of different shades of green. However, 

 use yellow, white and purpled leaved specimens very sparingly. 



For early spring effects use some of the bulb plants which produce 

 the first flowers and some early flowering shrub, such as the Flower- 

 ing Almond. During the early summer there is a profusion of 

 blooming shrubs. 



For mid and late summer there are few flowering shrubs. One 

 of the best for this section is the Mock Orange. The flowering annuals, 

 perennials and the tuberous rooted plants as cannas, dahlias and 

 gladiolus, furnish many flowers at this time. 



For autumn, use the shrubs and trees that produce berries, as the 

 Mountain Ash and Snowberry ; the species that hold their leaves for 

 the longest time such as the Buckthorn, Spirea, Russian Olive and 

 Barberry; and those that have especially beautiful autumnal colored 

 foliage as the Oaks, Maples, Barberries, Spireas and Birches. 



PLANTING FOR WINTER EFFECTS 



Plant very largely for pleasing winter effects to counteract the 

 naturally bleak, desolate feeling of winter. Do this by planting ever- 

 greens extensively, but do not plant too many of the dark, sombre 

 evergreens by themselves as they convey too solemn a feeling. 



Plant several kinds of evergreens of different colors in the same 

 group. Scatter a number of White Birch trees throughout the different 

 groups of trees and among the evergreens. Use the shrubs with bright 

 colored bark as the Red Dogwood, Russian Golden Willow and Wild 

 Raspberry. Even the ordinary trees and shrubs lend much beauty to 

 the landscape when they are covered with snow. 



SHOWING SPECIMEN PLANTS 



Plants that have an especially fine shape, with leaves, flowers or 

 fruit of an unusual kind can be shown off advantageously by planting 

 them by themselves in the open. However, do not plant them in the 

 middle of the lawn, but rather toward the edge, along the drive or 

 close to the house. Plants of this kind are the Mountain Ash, Weep- 

 ing Birch, Spirea, Elm. Hackberry; etc. 



