HOME PLANTING AND LANDSCAPE GARDENING 89 



the same source it has the advantage of not being attacked 

 by American insect pests. Rosa ruyosa, the Japanese quince, 

 and the Japanese snowball are other cases in point. 

 Following are some problems in landscape gardening : 



1. Make a series of sketches, to scale, of your home grounds, 

 ground plan and at least one view, naming and locating 

 all trees, shrubs, vines, 



and bedding plots with 

 their contents. 



2. Draw a ground 

 plan and view of your 

 home grounds as you 

 would wish to have 

 them. 



3. Can you suggest 

 any improvements in 

 the street tree planting 

 of your town, city, or 

 neighborhood ? Draw 

 plans and specifications 

 for special local prob- 

 lems of this kind - 

 the treatment of certain 

 streets or roadsides. 



4. Let each member 

 of the class sketch a 

 ground plan and view 



of the school grounds, giving both specifications and cost. 



5. Taking a local public square, park, common, or play- 

 ground as a special problem for analysis and study, can you 

 suggest improvements in its planting ? 



The simplest principles of landscape gardening are often 

 alluded to as the " A, B, C " of the subject. They are based 

 upon the pleasing arrangement of trees, vines, and shrubs and 



FIG. 45. Actinidia arguta 



Two vines, three years from transplanting, 

 afford dense shade for a porch 



