APPENDIX B 



More in detail, our ideas as to the Rhododendron Glade and 

 the ends to be aimed at in its establishment are as follows, sub- 

 ject, of course, to modification by further conferences with Dr. 

 Britton. 



The scheme of planting would be such as to produce in a large 

 general way and at all times the esthetic qualities of beauty and 

 ptcturesqueness. The effect of hybrid rhododendrons or azaleas 

 in variety at times of bloom could be gorgeously magnificent so 

 that the beholder might be fairly carried away in his admiration. 



At other times the display of bloom, while perhaps in equally 

 large masses and equally effective in stirring the beholder, would 

 be of a more delicate kind, such as is produced by the mountain 

 laurel, which might be further enhanced by being combined with 

 ferns, some of which, notably the gossamer fern {Dicksonia 

 punctilobula), are at their most delicate stage of beauty when the 

 laurel is in bloom. When not in bloom, there would be the 

 beauty and interest of variety of form, of varying shades of 

 green, of the play of light and shadow produced by the thought- 

 ful disposition of the plants in masses and groups or as indi- 

 vidual specimens. During the leafless season of deciduous plants 

 there would be the pleasing contrasts between the greens and 

 the bronzes of these evergreen ericaceous plants and the leafless 

 branches and twigs of deciduous subjects. 



Hybrid rhododendrons, Carolina rhododendrons, azaleas, lily- 

 of-the-valley shrub, Japanese fetter-bush, Japanese bell-flower, 

 would be some of the kinds occurring in large numbers, par- 

 ticularly over large areas on the slopes; and sorrel trees would 

 rise above the general mass here and there. Combined with 

 these would be such smaller growing plants as heath, heather, 

 bearberry (effective cataracting over rocks), box huckleberry, 

 lambkill. All of these would be distributed well up and down the 

 slope, some of them even occurring sparingly on the floor of the 

 valley. 



The many ledges and little rocky declivities would be taken 

 into account in planting so that these would not be unduly con- 

 cealed, because they would be an important factor in the beauty 

 and charm of the place and could be made to compose and con- 

 trast agreeably with the vegetation. 



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