the greening 

 Pictorial System of Landscape Gardening 



BEING A SYSTEM OF DECORATIVE PLANTING 

 BASED ON PICTORIAL ART, WHEREBY GROUNDS 

 ARE MADE BEAUTIFLTL BY TASTEFUL COMPOSI- 

 TIONS OF TREES, SHRUBS, VINES AND FLOWERS 

 ARTISTICALLY ARRANGED. IT IS DESIGNED FOR 

 THE EASY COMPREHENSION OF AMATEUR GAR- 

 DENERS AND AS A REFERENCE BOOK FOR LAND- 

 SCAPE ARCHITECTS, THE OBJECT OF THE AUTHOR 

 BEING TO EDUCATE THOSE WHO ARE EARNESTLY 

 INTERESTED IN THE BEAUTIFICATION OF OUR 

 CITIES AND HOMES. THE ILLLTSTRATIONS CON- 

 TAINED ARE TRUE PHOTOGRAPHS WHICH, WITH 

 THE DESCRIPTIVE READING MATTER ATTACHED, 

 PORTRAY THE BEST EXAMPLES OF ART GARDEN- 

 ING, EASILY UNDERSTOOD EVEN BY THOSE WHO 

 ARE INEXPERIENCED IN LANDSCAPE DESIGNING 



CHARLES E. GREENING 

 DIRECTOR OF THE GREENING LANDSCAPE COMPANY 

 MONROE, MICHIGAN 



