THE PUBLIC AREA 



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Fig. 32 A foundation planting of evergreens is attractive the year round 



line. Of course when the whole street leaves out planting along the 

 property line it would be only right to do so likewise. 



The importance of foundation planting and its careful considera- 

 tion cannot be over emphasized. The main need for foundation plant- 

 ing is to relieve that abrupt transition from grounds to house that the 

 house may seem tied to, and a part of the grounds rather than like a 

 bi box in an open space. (Fig. 25). The foundation planting should 

 be considered as carefully as the design of the building itself. A ring 

 of bushes of monotonous character is little better than nothing at all 

 and will not do. To enhance the appearance and supplement the archi- 

 tectural design of the house careful attention to form, color and mass is 

 involved. For instance if in a study in plan and elevation (Fig. 30), 

 we find that we wish a tall growing plant of rather pyramidal form to 

 be used for accent purposes on each side of the entrance, we naturally 

 would desire a plant which holds its foliage the year around. Of the 

 various evergreens the red cedar would prove adaptable and would fill 

 our qualifications exactly. We see that two low growing evergreens 

 beneath and in front of the red cedar of low form are needed and for 

 this use and for these characteristics the Mugho Pine is desirable. 



The recesses about the foundation should be planted with the tall 



