92 BOOK OF GARDEN PLANS 
ble, and no two sites can possibly have the same treatment, yet we shall 
suppose that the accompanying plan is fairly typical of what we may 
plant. Each figure or letter represents a group of about ten plants, ir- 
regularly spaced, and though placed as Nature would grow them, yet 
planted in such a way that one does not interfere too much with the 
development of the others. 
Dogwoods and Elder, as they are tall and vigorous, border the drive; 
Sumacs and Bayberry are added along the trail to the river. The valley 
north of the bungalow is planted in large masses of the lower shrubs that 
have showy flowers, as Flowering Dogwood at the end of the trail with 
Pinxter Flower, Shadbush, Sweet Pepper Bush, Witch Hazel, etc., for 
a succession of bloom, while the foliage of Mountain Laurel will make a 
permanent green background. 
When the shrubs are placed we put in great masses of showy native 
herbs, particularly along the slope below the bungalow where they will 
be visible from the piazza; then large groups under the shrubs along the 
drive, and on both sides of the trails. They are not planted in any scheme 
or order, but merely where they will thrive under the conditions offered 
them and give masses of color in their season. 
Wherever the soil has been disturbed we sow seed of the most showy 
wild flowers of the region, collect quantities of the few most effective 
sorts from the nearby fields, and add smaller touches as time goes on 
of other American or exotic material. When all this has been carefully 
and sympathetically carried out Nature will have been beaten at her own 
game, and to lovers of fields and gardens the charm of this hillside can 
never pass away. 
