WHERE TO PLANT WHAT 



school whose small boys were accused of wan- 

 tonly trampling down some newly set shrubs on 

 the playground. "Well," demanded one brave 

 urchin, "what made 'em go and plant a lot of 

 bushes right on first base?" And no one was 

 ready with an answer, for there is something 

 morally wrong about any garden that will rob a 

 boy of his rights. 



With this ground plan before us we decided 

 indoors where to plant what outdoors ai)d cal- 

 culated arithmetically the number of each sort of 

 shrub we should need for the particular interval 

 we designed that sort to fill. Our scheme of ar- 

 rangement was a crescendo of foliage and flower 

 effects, beginning on the fronts of the buildings 

 and rising toward their rears, while at all points 

 making more of foliage than of bloom, because 

 the bloom shows for only a month or less, while 

 the leaf remains for seven or more. Beginning 

 thus with our quietest note, the interest of any 

 one looking in, or coming in, from the public 

 front is steadily quickened and progressively re- 

 warded, while the crowning effects at the rear 

 of the buildings are reserved for the crowning 



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