1 16 LANDSCAPE-GARDENING 



Islands may furnish additional space for plant- 

 ing. When these are introduced, they should be 

 so placed as not to diminish the apparent size of 

 the lake. They would naturally be located rela- 

 tively near one. of the shores. They hide a portion 

 of the lake and thus help to make it interesting. 

 They also furnish an excellent opportunity to show 

 marginal planting to advantage. 



When one thinks of New England, certain por- 

 tions of the middle states, and the region traversed 

 by the Alleghany mountains, other plants come to 

 mind which should certainly be mentioned in the 

 abbreviated list given here as suitable for plant- 

 ing about lakes. These are the rhododendrons, 

 azaleas, mountain laurels, sweet pepper bushes, 

 bayberries, andromedas, wild roses and hollies, in- 

 cluding the inkberry and the winterberry. The 

 spring-flowering plants of woody growth would 

 include, besides many of those already mentioned, 

 the juneberry, red-bud, crab-apples and thorn- 

 apples, elderberries, and many others. If there 

 are open areas stretching away from a lake, one 

 can imagine them covered with herbaceous plants 

 which may flower from spring until fall. If the 

 ground in such an area is quite moist, the sequence 



