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D. HILL NURSERY CO., DUNDEE, ILLINOIS 
Laying Out tlie Foundation Plan ling 
T HE size of the house, the height of the foundation, and the matter 
of economy are all factors which govern the number of trees neces¬ 
sary or desirable for a foundation planting. Below is shown four 
different treatments for the same house. 
SIMPLE ENTRANCE DESIGN 
In planting “A” the simplest possible planting is shown. Merely a 
tree of tall upright habit on either side of the entrance with a group of 
one or two low-growing forms around it. Such a simple planting is one 
which might be all that your house would require and certainly it would 
make a pleasing design. 
ADDITION OF TREES TO CORNERS 
Planting “B” shows the same simple design with the addition of a small 
group at each corner. 
COMPLETE FOUNDATION TREATMENT 
Planting “C” shows the same planting with the area between corners 
and the entrance filled in by using low-growing trees beneath the windows. 
What You Have to Work With 
ARIOUS habits of growth obtainable in Evergreens are roughly 
illustrated below. First, determine whether the tree you have in 
mind to plant is suitable and will develop into a specimen of the 
size and shape that you want. 
GROUP A 
Trees in this group are the largest and tallest growing forms. They 
include varieties which develop into specimens of ten to fifteen feet in 
diameter and up to a height of fifty feet or more. They are best suited for 
such purposes as heavy backgrounds, screens, windbreaks, forest plant¬ 
ings, and individual specimens. Planters very often use them in other 
ways, but in doing so must realize that the trees will eventually become 
large and must be removed. Spruces and pines are frequently used in 
foundation plantings and while they are attractive for a number of years 
in such locations they will in a few years become too large and must be 
taken out. Some varieties can easily be trimmed and kept small. 
GROUP B 
The average height of trees in this group will run eight to twenty feet 
and in diameter usually not more than three to five feet. Such trees are 
suitable for the taller growing specimens in foundation plantings, entrance 
groups, also suitable for planting among borders to add contrast to 
flowering shrubs, or formal uses in gardens. 
FOR LARGE HOMES 
In group “D” where space allows and the house is of a suitable style 
the planting may be extended to include two rows of Evergreens rounded 
out both at the entrance and at the corners of the house. 
This series of sketches illustrates the evolution of a planting from the 
simplest form up to the completed heavy type of planting. From the 
standpoint of economy a planting of this kind may be developed over a 
period of two or three years. The first year the house could be planted as 
shown in the first group; the second year a few trees planted, and so on 
until the planting is completed. 
While this plan is here applied only to foundation plantings, the same 
idea could easily be carried out with any other type of planting around 
the home grounds. 
(A) Simple entrance design 
GROUP C 
This group covers trees of extremely narrow pyramidal habit. The 
narrow habit of trees in this group may be further improved by trimming, 
but all of them have a tendency to produce very narrow spire-like forms. 
Such trees are of use at entrances for sentinels, also for markers in formal 
gardens, at corners of houses, and similar situations. All of these forms 
can easily be trimmed and kept small if desired, although some of these 
varieties will reach twelve to fifteen feet or more when matured. 
GROUP D 
There is increasing need for round or ball-shaped trees. For use around 
smaller types of houses, in foundation plantings, in corners next to the 
walk, and in many situations where “tree forms” would be out of the 
question, these little dwarf growing’trees fill the purpose. They can all be 
trimmed and kept as small as desired, although if allowed to grow many 
of these trees will reach a height and diameter of three or four feet. 
GROUPE 
Among the half-erect forms we find the finest of all our Evergreens and 
those which are of greatest use, especially in landscape planting of small 
areas. Trees in this group include those forms which are essential for the 
low-growing trees in foundation plantings, entrance plantings, rock 
gardens, and low-growing groups. 
(B) Addition of trees to corners 
GROUP F 
Trees in this group are the low, creeping, mat-like forms that remain 
close to the ground. They grow not over six or eight inches high under 
usual conditions and spread to a considerable diameter. However, as they 
can easily be clipped and trimmed, they remain for years in a small space. 
Trees in this group are suitable for rock gardens, to cover terraces or 
banks, or to finish off a group of taller growing forms. 
All trees listed on pages 6 to 11 are marked according to the above sketch 
(D) For large homes 
