164 PLANNING AND PLANTING 



WHAT CAN I PLANT IN THE SHADE? 



" 'What is one man's food is another man's 

 poison." 



AND this applies alike to plants and to men. 

 Some of our plants thrive and grow in shady 

 places, others would perish, requiring the smiling 

 rays of the sun. Some species require a certain 

 treatment, others an exactly opposite method. 



One of the questions that the writer is most 

 often asked is this: "What can I plant in a 

 shady spot?" This is of course but a very natural 

 question, for every place has some shade. 



While there are numerous plants that will do 

 well in partial shade; there are not so many that 

 do well in the spots where sunlight penetrates 

 seldom or not at all. 



Amongst the Shrubs that do well in rather 

 deep shade, we have various of the Dogwoods, and 

 the Kalmia or Mountain Laurel, and also the wild 

 Ferns, the Myrtle and the Lily-of-the-Valley as 

 suitable plants for such locations. 



The wild Ferns of the larger types are excel- 

 lent for shady locations in front of porches and 

 along the house foundation, and where grass is 

 difficult to grow, the Myrtle, the English Ivy, or 

 the Lily-of-the-Valley will develop rapidly and 



