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The Garden Magazine, May, 1921 
Thomas W. Sears, A. S. L. A., Photo. 
NATURALESQUE SUBURBAN 
PLANTING 
pathetic fashion and are 
pleasing both by similarity 
of character and by con- 
trast of shapes with each 
other and with the decid- 
uous Azaleas. The basic 
reason for this harmonious- 
ness is doubtless their close 
family connection. The 
same type of planting may 
be improved by the intro- 
duction of certain decid- 
uous shrubs of quite a 
different nature, and by 
using Ferns and Lilies. 
Proper selection of these 
secures a further contrast 
and makes a closer approxi- 
mation to natural wild con- 
ditions. 
Selection is the real 
secret of successful land- 
scape art and requires a 
trained aesthetic sense, much 
study, and a thorough 
knowledge cf the materials 
to be used. Only then does 
planting become sufficiently 
a matter of instinct to as- 
sume — no matter how 
formal its character — a 
verity so akin to nature 
that artificiality is lost 
even where its existence is 
strongest. 
(5) A remarkably clever piece of landscaping 
which demonstrates that stiffness and lack of 
individuality need not characterize the sub- 
urban plot however small its area 
than one would imagine. At any 
rate I am sure it would be a vast im- 
provement over the ordinary plant- 
ing that is “adorned” with these 
monstrous growths. 
It is the harmony of line that 
makes formal planting pleasing in 
connection with formal architecture, 
and the contrast cf line that makes 
it effective where it meets the nat- 
ural landscape. This contrast must 
be marked and distinct, otherwise 
formality loses its force and meaning. 
A distinctly gardenesque planting 
is illustrated by No. 4. Here we have 
a combination in which Rhododen- 
dron, Azalea, Leucothoe, Andro- 
meda, and Box are conspicuous. 
The small leaves of the Box, in com- 
pact heads, are a pretty contrast to 
the large, heavy leaves of the Rhodo- 
dendron, and thewholeeffect is light- 
ened by the delicate, graceful foliage 
of Andromeda, Azalea and Leuco- 
thoe. These broad-leaved evergreens 
seem to combine in particularly sym- 
Thomas IV. Sears, A. S. L. A., Photo. 
WOODLAND LANE IN NORTH DEVON 
(6) The contrast between this bit of pastoral England and that found in photograph No. 1 is 
immediately sensed. This type of wild, natural growth is sufficiently unfamiliar to impress 
us with its exoticism, while the Devonshire man would feel quite at home in such a setting 
