NATURE’S OFFERINGS FOR SPRING PLANTING 201 
4. Toplant the tough and thorny things in exposed places 
where people pass; the weak and brittle things where there is 
little chance of injury. 
5. To plant in such an arrangement that flowers of 
inharmonious hues will not bloom side by side. 
Such plantings will be beautiful and relatively permanent, 
and will be maintained, year after year, with a minimum of 
trouble. 
Then, we may 
plant for fra- 
grance of leaves 
or flowers, for 
succession of 
bloom through- 
out the growing 
season, for au- 
tumnal colors of 
leaves or winter 
colors of bark or 
berries, or for 
any other effect 
that suits our 
fancy; nature 
has something 
for every place 
and purpose. In 
the wildwood we may see under what conditions each 
thing thrives best. And anyone can plant successfully who 
will observe and imitate nature’s ways of using each sort. 
If we wish to attract birds, we will plant berry-bearing 
bushes and vines: such shrubs as buffalo-berry, shadbush, 
black-berried elder, viburnums, wild black currant, and 
blueberries: stich vines as wild grape, honeysuckles and 
clematis. 
Fic. 80. A spray of sweet-fern (Comptonia asplenifolia). 
