ORNAMENTAL PLANTING OF TREES AND SHRUBS 91 



Among the best are the Azaleas, the hybrid Rhododendrons, the 

 Andromedas, Japanese Holly, Aucuba viridis, Kalmia latifolia, 

 Laurocerasus, Abelia grandiflora, the Mahonias, Leucothoes and 

 Phillyrea. 



UNITY IN LAWN PLANTINGS 



Between the house and the boundary lines lies that portion of 

 the lawn which is most difficult to handle and the part that we 

 usually find the least tastefully designed. On this part of the 

 premises we ha^'e to consider plantings along drives, plantings along 

 walks and paths, lawn specimens and lawn groups. These must be 

 considered individually and yet so treated that with the background, 

 plantings around the house, and boundary plantations, all will 

 combine to produce a harmonious whole. This we speak of as unity. 

 Unity is not impossible on small properties. It may be had by 

 keeping the greensward open and confining the plantings to the 

 borders and along the paths (Fig. 85). Attempt only the simple, 

 if you will, just grass and trees, and the effect is much more pleasing 

 than a large tract planted with no definite aim. 



PLANTING rOR DETAIL 



It is along the drives and paths that we ma}' plant for the 

 beautiful, as it is here that the observer is brought into closer touch 

 with the individual plant and its every detail. Specimen plants 

 for such plantations should have, therefore, some unusual and 

 delicate characteristics, which would most Ukely be lost if placed at 

 a greater distance from the eye. Among those which are most 

 highly recommended are the cut-leaved White Birch, the various 

 forms of the Japanese Maple, the fern-leaved Beech, and the Eng- 

 ligh Cork Maple. The Birch and the Maple are particularly 

 handsome. 



Specimens noted in previous paragraph, planted along the line 

 of a drive, should be set back about fifteen or twenty feet so as to 

 give them a little foreground (Fig. 86). The Japanese Maples are 

 quite dwarf and may be planted closer. Allow each tree ample 

 space for perfect development and allow for a stretch of green- 

 sward between specimens. 



AVOID STRAIGHT LINES 



The arrangement should be an avoidance of straight lines. The 



