LESSON 55 
MrxeEp BorRDER 
ERE we have an opportunity to study a simple 
planting and to see how it is worked out by a 
judicious selection and combination of trees, 
shrubs and herbaceous plants. 
Procedure 
It will be worth while for each pupil to copy 
this plan and elevation at a larger scale; but the teacher may omit 
this work if he considers the time thus saved is worth more than 
the practice in drawing. 
The next step will be to study the materials used in this com- 
position. The trees are cherry, Carolina poplar, silver maple, and 
crab apple. The shrubs are Spirea Van Houttei, Eleagnus, Viburnum 
opulus, Cornus alba, Lonicera Morrowi and three Juniperus vir- 
giniana (red cedars) which may be regarded as shrubs. Besides these 
there is a border of herbaceous perennials and annuals. The pupil 
should be perfectly certain that he knows each one of the species 
here used and can recognize it in the field. 
Study 
The following observations should be worked out by the pupil: 
1. The planting runs in paragraphs. That is there are points 
of emphasis separated by stretches of less importance. The taller 
trees mark the paragraphic points. 
2. The planting also falls into horizontal zones. The trees 
form an upper and rear-ward zone, the shrubs stand in front of and 
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