ACCENT ^PLANTS . PARGE EVERGREENS 
Mature White Pines on the Hunnewell Estate 
Accent Plants Structural Use 
In practical use the Accent or Major Structural Plants should largely be limited to the 
further distances and broader spaces, although occasionally near the house, but rarely or 
never next to the house. For instance, the evergreens included in this division are large, 
generally rapid-growing sorts. If planted next to the house walls they soon grow to cover 
the windows on the ground floor, and even on the upper stories. If a screen is wanted it 
should not be incorporated into the foundation planting, but should be accomplished by 
a screen border planting along the sidewalk, or other boundary of the lot. There are plenty 
of dwarf, slow-growing kinds for planting next the house walls. They are described on 
pages 20 to 48. 
Incorporated into the border plantings. Accent Plants can accomplish their purposes 
without heterogeneous cutting up of desirable open spaces—where space may be at a 
premium. On the other hand, where spaces are large and ungainly, the carefully studied 
placing of these plants on the lawn itself improves the optical illusion. 
80 ft. or other similar figure, following a plant name, means that this is the average normal maximum height 
that the plant attains at maturity under general New England conditions. Other symbols indicate comparative 
rates of growth as follows: 
R, rapid grower M, medium grower VS, very slow grower 
VR. very rapid grower S, slow grower 
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