CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Principles of Design 3 



Styles of Landscape Development 5 



Landscape Construction 8-48 



Locating the House 8 



Clearing the Land 9 



Grading 11 



Making the Lawn 15 



Drives and Walks 25 



Walls and Wall Building 41 



Plant Materials and Their Use 49-80 



The Objects of Planting 49 



Distances for Planting 50 



The Planting Plan 52 



The Principles of Planting 62 



Pruning 68 



Winter Protection 78 



Garden Design and Garden Making 81-118 



Color in the Garden 81 



The Formal Garden 83 



Rose Gardens . 87 



The Perennial or Hardy Border 93 



The Rock Garden 99 



Water Gardens 105 



Garden Accessories 109 



Selected Plant Lists for Various Purposes 119-150 



Plants for General Use 119 



Plants for Shaded Situations 129 



Plants for Dry Soils 130 



Plants for Wet or Marshy Places 132 



Plants for the Seashore 133 



Plants for Binding Banks 133 



Plants for Windbreaks and Screens 134 



Plants for Formal Hedges 134 



Dwarf Hedge Plants for Edging 135 



Plants for Natural Hedges 135 



