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vidual obje(^ts, it will be remembered, and 

 brings into immediate view in the resultant pic- 

 ture all the details as a whole and, more than 

 this, shuts off extraneous and irrelevant sur- 

 roundings, which might serve to distract atten- 

 tion. One sees first on the photograph the 

 whole of the picture and later he sees the de- 

 tails. 



Plan, therefore, for the whole. This nat- 

 urally means planning for harmonious effect 

 which, in time, suggests careful consideration 

 of the value of each plant selected in its rela- 

 tion to the whole and not in the light of its own 

 individual value. This is the difficult point for 

 the beginner to master. He reads alluring de- 

 scriptions of various plants and, forgetting his 

 picture, remembers only these details ; he mag- 

 nifies the part and detracts from the composite. 

 As a result we have not only the scattered 

 planting so often seen but that other barrier 

 to effective ornamentation of the home grounds, 

 senseless specimen-planting. 



Opposed to such methods is the mass plant- 

 ing which alone will add character and strength 

 and a sense of unity to the place._ Once the 

 value of this is grasped the beginner is not 

 likely to go far astray in his planning. He 



