INDIVIDUAL SPECIMENS 
The day has gone by when it was considered good taste to scatter specimen trees 
here and there over the lawn. It is considered more effective — and you will 
undoubtedly find it more effective to plant your specimens In groups. 
On large estates this is very easy to accomplish — with broad spaces at com- 
mand the exact placing of any one group is not important. On small estates, 
and particularly on the usual suburban house lot, this placing of specimens is 
more important and sometimes difficult. 
On these small lots it is generally advisable to limit your plantings to Founda- 
tion Plantings, Border and Screen Plantings, and necessary Shade Tree Plant- 
ings. The lawn Itself should be left open so as to give the illusion of space 
where space is actually limited. However, even in such situations, room can 
usually be found for at least one or two groups of specimens — perhaps near the 
rear of the lot, possibly toward the street, occasionally near one corner of the 
property. 
Where such grouping is impractical specimens may be combined with a Border 
or Screen Planting. In such a case it Is necessary to give the specimen more 
than the usual space so that it may be allowed to develop its individual char- 
acteristics. 
Shade Trees may be planted as combination shade and specimen plantings. 
The Flowering Trees can be used as individual specimens. These are listed 
under "Medium Growing Trees Suitable for Planting in a Shrub Border." 
Large-growing Evergreens should be planted in groups. They should be 
selected from the list of "Evergreens for Border Plantings" and also from the 
more rapid-growing sorts mentioned under "Evergreens for Foundation Plant- 
ings." 
The smaller and slower-growing Evergreens should be planted in beds rather 
than groups, or in the lower rows of a border planting. Remember to allow 
them rather more than the usual space required for ordinary border plantings. 
Large Shrubs may be placed in groups; small shubs In beds or in border 
plantings — treatment similar to that of evergreens. 
Above all things do not plant two specimens, one on either side of the front 
walk, between the street and the house. 
COLLECTION PLANTINGS 
Many persons are interested in collections consisting of all available varieties 
of a single genus or family of plants. These collections may be planted in 
groups. In beds, or in border plantings. For those who are Interested, we sug- 
gest the following collections. 
ERICACEOUS COLLECTION 
This consists of Rhododendrons, Laurels, Andromedas, Lily-of-the-Valley Shrub, 
and Azaleas. All except the Azaleas have evergreen leaves. All, Including the 
Azaleas, bear flowers — some large, others small, many of bright and strildng 
hues. This is possibly the most beautiful and interesting of all collections and 
includes a great range of varieties. 
