PLANTING 137 



ing will of course consist entirely of native mate- 

 rial, and will vary with the character of the soil. 



In gardenesque TPlantin p ^ (Fig. 30) the emphasis 

 is laid upon the ho rticultural element^ and the 

 plants are s e lected for thei r individual value. This 

 may be due to the leaf, color, or perfume of the 

 flower^ as well as to the general shape and texture 

 of the plant. The plants may be grouped, and 

 count as a mass from a distance ; but upon closer 

 inspectipn t he individual plants s hould appear, 

 otherwise their varying attractions will be lost. 

 The position of plants in gardenesque planting is 

 due to their character rather than to their height, 

 so that scale would not necessarily be a determining 

 factor in placing plants according to gardenesque 

 treatment. Japanese planting as well as topiary 

 work may be included in the gardenesque type. 

 The English border, where shrubs are "faced 

 down" with perennials, is a type of gardenesque 

 planting, for the charm depends here upon the in- 

 dividual plant, the rather delicate beauty of the 

 perennial being strongly silhouetted against the 

 darker shrub mass. 



^,tnralistic planting js, -generally .to. be seen 

 from a dist ance, and is composed of trees^and na- 

 tive shrubs. The mass is unrestrained in growth 



