PLANT COMPOSITION 21 



Plants whose branches or twigs are erect or ascending in habit or 

 growth, and whose outline is restrained and symmetrical, seem adapted 

 for formal effects- Examples are Rose of Sharon and Winged Burn- 

 ing Bush. 



Leaf texture suggests a classification of plants for various types of 

 composition. The fine, or high class, plants include those of dense 

 habit and smooth texture. Medium class plants are those of fairly dense 

 habit, but whose texture is somewhat broken or coarsened by openness 

 of habit and rather coarse or rough leaves. Low class, or 1 coarse, plants 

 are those of very open or straggling habit, and coarse leaves. Red 

 Cedar or Japanese Barberry are examples of high class plants. Lilac 

 and Golden Bell are of the medium class. Catalpa and Ninebark are 

 examples of coarse plants. 



