Planting Suggestions 
Appropriate Corner Planting 
Whether you employ the services of a 
Landscape Architect or desire to design 
your own plans, we offer the following 
suggestions which may prove of value; 
Location of Buildings is an important 
consideration, for each one should be 
located so as best to serve its purpose and 
all should be related to each other so as 
to create a unit. Wherever possible, the 
house should be set back far enough from 
the street or road to provide a setting 
for it, and should be placed on a slight 
elevation, if possible, partially to provide 
drainage, and partially to present it most 
effectively, for which purpose it is often 
possible to use terraces to good advantage. 
Foundation Planting requires careful 
study so as to accent the best qualities 
of the building, and hide or draw atten¬ 
tion from the bad features, if there are 
any, while at the same time making the 
structure appear to be a part of the land¬ 
scape. As a general rule, and particul¬ 
arly in the case of small houses, avoid 
large Trees and Shrubs which will dwarf 
the house or cover windows. Unless the 
foundation is unpleasant to the sight, do 
not hide all of it, but allow enough to show 
to tie the building to the ground. A 
judicious use of Evergreens will create 
year-around beauty, but the use of to 
many stiff and regular shapes of trees that 
will eventually grow too large should be 
avoided. Vines are best used sparingly 
for they tend to give an impression of 
weakness to the house if they cover too 
much of the wall surface. Avoid trees 
near the building unless they serve a 
definite purpose, for they will shut off the 
air and sunlight. 
Formal and Informal are the two types 
of Gardens, neither of which need be an¬ 
tagonistic to the other. In fact, in large 
developments, both types are commonly 
used with harmonious;;results. A general 
rule to follow is that the grounds immedi¬ 
ately surrounding the house are usually 
best developed formally, merging into in¬ 
formal arrangement farther away, and 
then into the naturalistic if there is suffi¬ 
cient area. Of course, this depends upon 
the type of building; for instance, Italian, 
French, Spanish, and to a less extent, 
English manor-houses require formal treat¬ 
ment, while the rambling English cottage, 
is more happily treated in an informal 
manner. 
Suggestive Design for a Border Planting. Along 
the back (Keys 1, 2, 3, atid 6) use tall Evergreens 
and Flowering Shrubs. In center of group (Keys 
10, 9, 12, 4 and 5) use Medium Bushy Growing Ever¬ 
greens and Flowering Shrubs. In the foreground 
(Keys 7 and 11) use low .Spreading Evergreens. 
The Private Area, which would consist 
of an Outdoor Living Room, with an open 
lawn in the center bordered with Shrubs, 
or a Rose Garden, or Annuals and Peren¬ 
nials, or a combination of all, may be in¬ 
cluded. It is always desirable to have this 
area, which is used the same as a living 
room or solarium in the home, being direct¬ 
ly connected with, or adjacent to the liv¬ 
ing room, libary or sun porch, having some 
appropriate doorway connection with a 
view into this area. To afford privacy the 
house may be screened from the street, 
but this should be done in such a manner 
that while shutting out the view of the 
public, it does not create a feeling of im¬ 
prisonment to those within. 
