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SCENE IN GREENING PARK 



Here a Norway Spruce hedge is used as a border for a 

 driveway. In this case the trees were planted eighteen inches 

 apart and sheared to straight hnes, so the top is perfectly level 

 and the sides a solid wall of green. The trees are Norway 

 Maple, headed up to eight feet, with clean, straight trunks. The 

 Norway is one of the slow-growing Maples, but it is a beautiful 

 tree when developed. 



It cannot be told too often that hedges accommodate them- 

 selves to many situations, and they always look well, even when 

 there are no other floral ornaments on the grounds. They can 

 be used on the street line, as in this case, or on the property 

 line between adjoining lots. When a yard is divided into two 

 or more garden units, hedges divide and frame up each one in a 

 distinctive way. Low hedges are very pretty bordering the walks 

 and drives. They give these entrances an impressive charm. 

 And lastly, very low hedges can be used as an edging or coping 

 for flower beds, as was a very common custom in early colonial 

 days. 



I'late 107. Scene iu Greening; Park 



EVERGREENS PROPERLY TRIMMED FOR A 

 FORMAL GARDEN 



Most evergreens are very symmetrical in outline, and they 

 make beautiful subjects for the formal garden. It is good prac- 

 tice to accentuate their formality by a little pruning, as in the 

 above case, where the tops were cut oS and all straggling 

 branches shortened in. View in formal garden. Greening Park. 



This is an application of the Greening method of formal 

 pruning. In the same garden there are groups of shrubs of low, 

 compact-growing varieties, and each group is sheared to formal 

 lines to look like one huge bush. The particular portion of the 

 garden in which they stand is laid out geometrically, and is sepa- 

 rated by hedges from the natural garden. The walk system is 

 of crushed stone. 



The loose, open-growing evergreens, like Pines, Spruce and 

 Firs, are not suitable for this kind of a garden; but the Cedars 

 and Junipers make admirable specimens for formal effects. 



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