PLAN OF A GARDEN 



adhering to a more formal and symmetrical 

 treatment. 



From the practical standpoint, what would 

 meet the demands of a rural school would be 

 useless in a city. It is necessary to study local 

 conditions in order to secure the best practical 

 results. As for the educative side, the life his- 

 tory of the plants may be as effectually learned 

 from the study of a burdock or a dandelion as 

 from the study of a tree. 



The plan here submitted may be used in its 

 entirety if the space permit, or be suggestive as 

 a plan, which may be adapted to various con- 

 ditions. 



The planting of trees and making of lawns 

 are most important. Hedges for screens and for 

 the defining of boundaries are coming more into 

 favor and should be encouraged. 



There are great possibilities in a shrub bor- 

 der. A judicious selection of shrubs may serve 

 as a screen to obliterate unsightly objects and 

 harmonize the whole plantation. A succession 

 of blooming from early spring until late autumn 

 is possible, as are also charming effects in 

 texture of foliage from the delicate gray greens 

 of the early spring through the rich greens of 

 the summer to the gorgeous autumnal tones of 

 scarlet, orange, reds, bronzes and purples. The 

 tones of the foliage are enlivened or subdued 



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