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bers of architects who are called upon to design 

 additions to educational and municipal institu- 

 tions and groups that it is frequently necessary to 

 employ a great deal of planting in order to make 

 the results bearable. This is particularly true 

 where different architects have been called upon 

 to design buildings of the same group. In such 

 cases there often appears an uncommendable de- 

 sire to emphasize the particular building under 

 consideration by making it of much more attrac- 

 tive appearance than the other members of the 

 group, rather than a wish to unite diverse elements 

 more closely and add to the collective beauty of the 

 scheme. 



Planting may also create new interests. In 

 many cases where architectural elements are 

 markedly dominant it is impossible to introduce 

 sufficient accent architecturally without either the 

 introduction of a different style or an unwarranted 

 distraction of attention. Many times the needed 

 interest may be supplied by planting without 

 marring the architectural effect. In such cases 

 the lines of the large planting masses are arranged 

 to harmonize with the architectural lines, and ac- 

 cent is obtained by the mass characteristics of the 



