LANDSCAPE GARDENING STUDIES 



land rising up from the general contour of the 

 bank would be carried out almost to its point a 

 mass of the large maximums. Creeping in a great 

 bay or mass of foliage up the bank would go, on 

 the other hand, a lot of smaller hybrids. And 

 so, throughout the entire length of the drive, 

 following the contours of the ground as they 

 waved up and down, would alternate promon- 

 tories of maximums and deep bays of hybrids. 



Under the trees as far as possible were planted 

 maximums of small size, as they endure shade 

 better than any other species of rhododendrons. 

 The hybrids, moreover, require sunlight to develop 

 the beautiful colors of their flowers and were 

 therefore planted in the more open spaces. One 

 readily sees, by considering the accompanying 

 picture, that although a certain system is visible 

 in the disposition of the plants, yet the bays and 

 promontories are very marked and the billowing 

 efiPect of the planting is clearly indicated. Al- 

 though the bank does protect the plants to a 

 considerable degree, yet it is bleak and exposed 

 to sweeping blasts of the cold north wind in March 

 and April, just after a premature bit of spring- 

 like weather has opened the pores of the plants 

 and started the sap moving. Because of this it 

 was found necessary to select unusually hardy 

 kinds of hybrid rhododendrons which had been 

 tested in this particular climate and soil for many 

 years, as it is well known that the hardiness of 

 rhododendrons is very unreliable, A hundred 

 miles difference in latitude, or a few hundred 



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