THE PLANTING PLAN 



As has been gathered from 

 the foregoing, the selection of 

 plant material for base planting 

 must be made with great dis- 

 crimination. The wide choice 

 of plant material that can be 

 used for this purpose offers 

 good opportunities for creating 

 effects of character and indi- 

 viduaUty. 



If the preference is for Win- 

 ter or all-year effects, evergreens 

 can be used. A planting of 

 flowering shrubbery is particu- 

 larly pleasing during the grow- 

 ing season, but has little to 

 commend it during Winter. 

 Therefore a combination of the 

 two types with numerous vari- 

 ations can be used to secure 

 almost any effect desired. 



GROUPINGS 



Walks and drives are a prac- 

 tical necessity, but unfortu- 

 nately they are sometimes so ar- 

 ranged as to interrupt an other- 

 wise quiet view. To overcome 

 this objection, trees or shrubs 



can be so disposed along the walk that it is more or less concealed 

 and the view kept intact and, possibly, improved. It is not necessary 

 to plant a continuous border along a lengthy walk or drive; in fact, 

 this would tend to emphasize it rather than detract attention from it. 



The planting along the path or drive should have an object, and 

 if the specimens are grouped by the junctions and turns, they will give 



Fig. 60 — Well planned grouping of trees or 

 shrubs along a drive 



Key to planting plan shown on opposite page. 



(1) 2 specimen Vanhoutte's (5) 2 Double Pink Rose of 



Bridal Wreath Spirsea. Sharon. 



(2) Dwarf DeuUia. (6) 6 Shrubby St. John's 



(3) 2 Bush Withe Rod. Wort. 



(4) 2 Cork-bark Spindle Tree. (7) 2 Purple Lilac. 



(8) 2 Hills-of-Snow Hydran. 



(9) 

 (10) 



2 Amerioan Arborvits. 

 2 Mountain Pine. 



