CHAPTER I I. 
DECORATIVE PL ANTING—WHAT CONSTITUTES IT? 
“ He who sees my park, sees into my heart !”—Prince Puckler to Bettina Von Arnim. 
T he objects sought in Decorative Planting are various. 
The simple pleasure of working among and developing 
beautiful natural productions is one; the desire to make 
one’s place elegant and attractive to other’s eyes, and 
therefore a source of pride to the possessor, is also one of the 
strongest objects with many. To have a notably large variety of 
flowers, shrubs, or trees, is a very common form of planting enthu¬ 
siasm ; and the passion for some special and complete display of 
certain species of flowers (florists’ hobbies) is another. Finally, 
and highest of all, is the appreciation of, and desire to create with ver¬ 
dant Nature , charming effects of sunlight and shadow , or lovely exam- 
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