FLORICULTURE 
scape and the inherent love of nature is 
absolutely necessary to the best success 
of a landscape gardener, who must also 
be familiar with all varieties of trees, 
shrubs and other plants, besides having 
a thorough knowledge of grading, drain- 
ing, road building and the like. Care 
should also be taken to avoid scattered 
effects. The best planting of trees and 
shrubs is accomplished by the grouping 
of the suitable varieties which can only 
be decided by a thorough study of the 
location. 
Single or individual trees or plants 
may be used to heighten an effect. It is 
best always to widen out or leave as 
much open land as possible. Walks and 
drives are necessities and _ therefore 
should be hidden as much as _ possible 
from the landscape. Where there are 
buildings, the grounds must conform to 
them and it is a problem to work out 
the best possible plantings, so that these 
buildings will not occupy the most prom- 
inent part of the landscape picture. Ob- 
trusive or undesirable features should be 
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hidden by the artificial planting of trees 
and shrubs. Natural plantings should be 
adhered to as much as possible and the 
planting of different trees should be care- 
fully studied so that when they have at- 
tained their growth they will accomplish 
the purpose for which they were intended. 
Avoid as much as possible the making 
of designs or the planting of trees or 
hedges which will constantly require cut- 
ting or pruning into shapes which do not 
agree with nature. The variety of trees 
and shrubs should be restricted to those 
that are perfectly hardy and that will 
adapt themselves to the locality. 
In the planting of a large space it is 
well to have as much open expanse as pos- 
sible, so as to produce a wide landscape 
effect. The tall growing trees should be 
kept in the background with the dwarfer 
growing varieties in front graduating to 
irregular belts of shrubs, so that one 
may look over the foreground to an irreg- 
ular background of the larger trees be- 
hind. 
The best decisions of the varieties to 
Fig. 7. 
Japanese Snowball (Viburnum plicatum) 
