178 LANDSCAPE GAEDENING 



consideration paid to the individual interests of 

 the plants, but this is considered of minor impor- 

 tance. 



Where individual interest appears, it is centered 

 in the accent plants. In the plan shown these are 

 the spiraea Van Houttei, spiraea Anthony Waterer, 

 and Deutzias. The middle of the rose garden is 

 occupied by a sun-dial, the only architectural ac- 

 cent. Other flowering shrubs used are lilacs, Ker- 

 ria Japonica, hydrangeas, and the Viburnum ster- 

 ile, or snowbaU. 



In the second plan (Fig. 43) different material 

 is used, and a number of flowering-shrubs, well 

 distributed in seasonal development, appear. 



Places of a smaller scale may be treated with an 

 even greater degree of informality, though the ob- 

 servance of the principles of design — ^that is, the 

 direct and beautiful expression of function — ^must 

 always be insisted upon (Pig. 13). 



SMAM/ PLACES 



One of the greatest needs for planting exists 

 among simple and cheap surroundings, and the 

 very inexpensive place may be helped by planting 

 even more, perhaps, than its showy and elaborate 

 brother. On account of the item of cost it is as- 



