The Natural Style in Landscape Gardening 



the variegated weigelia should be used most rarely 

 or never at all. 



To this may be added one simple rule, as follows : 

 Use the brightest colors, when they are used at all, 

 in the distance, medium colors in middle ground, 

 and the softest colors in the foreground. 



This method, it should be clearly understood, is 

 applicable only in purely naturalistic gardening on 

 lands of considerable extent. In small gardens and 

 in the areas about dwellings, club houses, etc., colors 

 may be handled quite differently. The scheme of 

 color planting recently presented by Professor 

 R. R. Root, which seems on its face to contradict 

 the principle here laid down, is in reality effective 

 and appropriate in these smaller, more refined, 

 more humanized (and nearly always more formal- 

 ized) places. 



Textures in naturalistic planting are usually 

 more important than colors. By texture in this 

 connection we signify the size and character of 

 foliage plus the habit of twig growth plus pretty 

 much the whole habit of the plant. Plants of dif- 

 ferent habit of growth should rarely be combined 



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