90 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1900. 



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OTHER ACCESSORY FEATURES. 



The water-course and the rockery add variety to a landscape, 

 but these features are apt to be made over-prominent. They 

 must be incidental and not objective features. Thus, a brook 

 through one corner of the grounds and a rockery against the 

 border planting will add gaiety and variety, but if these are 

 placed in the centre of the lawn, we have defeated our purpose 

 and the accessory will be the only feature noticed, while the de- 

 sign as a whole will make no impression upon the beholder. It 

 is not worth while for us to introduce a purely artificial water- 

 course, but if a natural one exists there, we will make the most 

 of it. 



The terrace belongs to the formal garden and has no place 

 in a naturalistic landscape. There are few places where a slope 

 will not answer every purpose better. If the terrace belongs to 

 the architecture of the house, we can tolerate it, but it should 

 not be a portion of our landscape gardening. 



SETTING THE PLANTS. 



I have already said that the ground should be ploughed, ferti- 

 lized and pulverized. The more thoroughly this has been done 

 the easier will be the planting and the better will the plants grow. 

 For the trees we must dig good sized holes and loosen up the 

 sub-soil in the bottom of the holes, so that the young roots may 

 go deeper, should the season prove to be a dry one. The roots 

 should not be crowded together in a bunch, but spread out, so 

 that they will come in contact with the greatest possible quantity 

 of soil. This holds the tree firm against winds and places more 

 plant food and moisture at its disposal. In filling in about the 

 roots it is of the greatest importance that the soil be carefully 

 packed, so as to leave no cavities about the root system ; it 

 should come in contact with the roots on every side. Puddling 

 with water is a good way to compact the soil about the roots. 

 Good loam should be used for tilling in about plants. Trees and 

 plants may be transplanted either before growth begins in the 

 spring, or after it ceases in the fall. 



In planting the larger groups and borders of the home grounds, 



