WILD PLANTING 
(SEE PLAN NO. 16) 
BUNGALOW site at the edge of a wood, facing a river, lake, 
mountain, or other fine piece of natural scenery calls for a nat- 
ural treatment; using native or even local material. The plan 
shows a bungalow placed on the slope of a rather steep hill, with an un- 
obstructed view to the river about 250 feet below it on the east. The 
dotted lines with the numbers at the ends show approximate successive 
elevations of five feet from the river. The hill continues to rise to the 
west of the bungalow, but on the north a shallow valley stretches away 
in the wood and suggests a trail for a woodland ramble. 
The wood about consists of Chestnut, Oak, and Hickory, with a few 
Sugar Maple and Gray Birch. Hazels (Corylus americana), Sumacs 
(Rhus typhina), and Sweet Fern (Comptonia asplenifolia) compose the 
chief shrub growth. The area that we treat may be as large or small as 
we like, there are several acres of land, in wood and field, in this property. 
The house is built to fit the site, and is half hidden by the trees. 
There was little grading done as there was no cellar built. Special 
instructions were given to the workmen to save the existing growth and 
to disturb the natural soil surface as little as possible. A cheap dirt 
road to lead up from the street below, a path to the river, and a few wood- 
land trails are constructed. The bungalow is occupied intermittently 
from April to November. The owner is willing to spend any reasonable 
sum in planting. What shall we do? 
Obviously, we may add very little or we may make extensive addi- 
tions and alterations to the existing growth. For the sake of example we 
shall choose a middle course. It will probably not be necessary to add 
any trees, at least any new species, but a group of evergreens on the north 
side would contrast well with the deciduous trees, especially in autumn. 
Use the species most common in that section of the country suited to your 
soil, as Hemlock, White, Pitch, or Red Pine, and Red Cedar. White 
Pine, with a few Red Cedars near the house, will most generally fit nat- 
urally into the native forest growth. 
The shrub planting is the real part of this problem. First make a 
careful list of the species upon or near the property, and then seek to add 
to the quantities of these or introduce similar species, placing them in as 
natural a way as you are able. Though many arrangements are possi- 
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