GARDEN DESIGN 



DIAGRAM 8. 



small, at least three times as many trees should be 

 planted as will be ultimately required, for the 

 shelter of company is good and natural for young 

 things, and promotes an erect growth. Mixed 



groups are difficult to man- 

 age. Two sorts together 

 are sufficient, and these 

 should be planted, not 

 alternate, but blocked and 

 merged together at one 

 part only of the group. 

 (See Diagram 10.) Con- 

 trasts make the most satis- 



DlAGRAM 9. f . , 



factory mixture, and in- 

 deed, unless the two trees are intended to show 

 up each other's characters there does not seem 

 any object in bringing them together. Birch and 

 Austrian pine or larch, beech and wild cherry 

 make effective contrasts of foliage and habit. 



Water may advantageously be introduced into 

 a landscape garden where it could naturally exist. 



