142 LANDSCAPE GARDENING 



FIGURE 31. PARK-LIKE PLANTING AT WARWICK, ENGLAND 



The scale which is to prevail in the planting 

 scheme should in turn be fixed by the requirements 

 of the problem in hand. If a screen were to be 

 planted to hide a garage from the eyes of pass- 

 ers-by, a hedge of California privet would be of 

 little value, as it would not perform the purpose 

 for which it was placed there. It would be neces- 

 sary to use higher shrubs or even Lombardy pop- 

 lars, placed close together, if it were really neces- 

 sary to conceal the building. 



The scale of the planting may be determined on 



