THE GREBNING LAN DSC 



FORMAL GROUP SHOWING FINE COLOR EFFECT 



The umbrella-shaped tree is a Catalpa Bungei or Umbrella- 

 Tree. Planted on each side of a walk or driveway it gives a 

 dignified and stately tone to an approach. The oval group of 

 shrubs is very attractive in that location. It contains three dis- 

 tinct and pronounced colors of foliage. The middle section is 

 Symphoricarpus Rubra, commonly called Indian Currant. This 

 has green foliage. At one end is a colony of Purple Barberry, 

 with an intense coppery tinge of purple; at the other end is a 

 group of Golden-leaved Syringa. To obtain this effect, summer 

 pruning is necessary. 



BOARD OF EDUCATION 



Hillsdale, Mich., August 23, 1910. 

 Mr. Chas. E. Greening, Monroe, Mich. 



Dear Sir: — The trees and shrubs you planted for us in No- 

 vember, 1909, are doing nicely, and although we expected to get 

 but little good out of them the iifst year, yet the places where 

 they have been planted are the beauty spots of the town, and 

 the elegant appearance of the school grounds has attracted the 

 attention of nearly every stranger who comes here. I would not 

 have thought it possible to make such a change in the appearance 

 of school grounds as has been accomplished in the past year. 



Another thing that has been especially noticeable is the fact 

 that at all the buildings the pupils have shown a pride in the 

 appearances of the grounds and instead of being destructive, as 

 we feared, they have rather aided in keeping the grounds in a 

 neat condition. 



The teachers find the combination of shrubs a help in their 

 Nature studies. As you know we have a course in Agriculture, 

 and the instructor has used the shrubs to furnish examples in 

 layering and other things relating to the technique of plant 

 growth, and to illustrate the value of insecticides and the use of 

 sprays. 



This being a town which has no public parks, the town 

 itself being a park, the school grounds have been parks and all 

 during the vacation weeks there are lots of visitors who show 

 the greatest interest in the beautifying of the grounds, although 

 not otherwise interested in the schools. 



Taking it all-in-all, I think it was one of the best investments 

 we ever made when we got you to make out a plan for beautify- 

 ing the school grounds, as the beauty grows from year to year, 

 and by having a plan for the work it make no difference whether 

 the membership of the board changes every year or not. The 

 work can be continued each year, or, if circumstances require, 

 some work can be done one year and continued after a lapse of 

 several years, as your way of doing the work by groups makes it 

 possible to do a little at a time and always have something that 

 shows up well. Very truly yours 



Bion Whelan, 

 Secretary Board of Education. 



SHADY CORNER NEAR FRONT PORCH 



In this instance a happy combination of colors was obtained 

 by using Corchorus Variegated, a low-growing silver-leavfid shrub, 

 for the first row, and Philadelphus Aurea, a golden-leaved shrub 

 of medium growth, for the back row near the porch. The effect 

 illustrated is gained by the Greening method of summer pruning. 



Plate 198. Shady Corner Near Front Porch 



