CHAPTER II. 



DECORATIVE PLANTING— WHAT CONSTITUTES IT? 

 " He who sees my park, sees into my heart !" — Prince Puckler to Bettina Von Arnim. 



THE objects sought in Decorative Planting are various. 

 The simple pleasure of working among and developing 

 beautiful natural productions is one ; the desire to make 

 one's place elegant and attractive to other's eyes, and 

 therefore a source of pride to the possessor, is also one of the 

 strongest objects with many. To have a notably large variety of 

 flowers, shrubs, or trees, is a very common form of planting enthu- 

 siasm ; and the passion for some special and complete display of 

 certain species of flowers (florists' hobbies) is another. Finally, 

 and highest of all, is the appreciation of, and desire to create with ver- 

 dant Nature, charming effects of sunlight and shadow, or lovely exam- 



