134 GABDEN PLANNING AND PLANTING 



drive in the stakes and fix paper to the top, in positions where he 

 wishes to have his chief or permanent specimens. This can best be 

 decided from the windows of the dwelling-house. Then, having 

 planted the permanent trees or shrubs, the owner should put in 

 others to fill up, that is, to give to the garden, or more particularly 

 the clumps, a finished appearance. In due course the inferior 

 specimens can be lifted, or cut out as the permanent ones require 

 more space, until at last the latter occupy the ground. 



In Fig. 1, A shows the dwelling-house, B, B, specimen shrubs and 

 trees ; c, c, c, clumps of shrubs. The dotted lines show the open view 

 from the windows. This is the best way to dispose trees, shrubs, 

 and clumps so that a garden appears to be a large one, though it may 

 actually be quite small. Fig, 2 shows a small villa garden facing 

 south-west. In this instance the tallest growing trees and shrubs are 

 planted on the north side ; they thus break the force of the cold north 

 winds and do not obstruct the sun's rays, as would be the case if they 

 grew on the other side of the garden. A denotes the house ; B, the 

 garden path ; c, c, c, flower beds and two specimen shrubs on the 

 small lawn. Fig. 3 shows how to plant evergreen trees and shrubs on 



