^ lationai Wurscr^nnan. 
FOR GROWERS AND DEALERS IN NURSERY STOCK 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Incorporated 
Vol. XXV. HATBORO.-PENNA.. JULY. 1917 
Choosing Plants to Fit the Situation 
I N ('lioosiii^' lh(‘ planis for tli(‘ (lifl'erenl features or 
jtarls of the home giounds, it is always well to he 
govt'rned hy the iturpost' and position, and seleet 
|)lants aeeordin^iy. If tht'y are natural featui-(;s, plants 
of a formal or exotie nature will hardly l»e in harmony, 
for instance a row of Catalpa Huntjei ])lanl(‘d along- a 
natural stream would not he so titling as Salix Bfihij- 
lonica hut for lining a drive the former would Ite most 
natural hut the only perfectly natural is to hd the 
hramhles and other natural gi'owlh hav(? its own way. 
The aim of the nurseryman should he to eneoui-age the 
use of the choicest and best plaids and study the posi¬ 
tions where they will develope to their full h<‘auly and 
he in harmony with their surroundings. 
A good illusti'ation of how much hett(‘r one tr<‘(* hhmds 
with the lines of a house may lx* sfam hy coinjiaiing tin' 
.1 simple and difjnif'md 
in hai'inony, the formal lines ot the Latalpa would hlend 
with the artiticiality of the drive. 
Huildings, drives, pergolas, terraces, piers, etc., are 
all artiticial and we may as well recognize the fact. 
WluM-ever there are geometric lines that cannot he hidden, 
they should he emhellished. heautitied and clothed, not 
necessarily with formal growing plants, hut the selection 
should he niade to harmonize. There may he no ahso- 
lul(' ride governing this and tin' ditl(*rences are so suhlle 
it is ditlicult to (hdine even a gimmal one. 
Landscape gardening semns to run in fashions and 
fads. Some people seem to strive alter the perlectly 
treatment of a)i entrance. 
Salisburia adiantifolia and say one of the maph's. \eiy 
few people hut wliat would decide in lavor ot lh«‘ Salis- 
Imria. 
The accompanying jiicture show s a jiair ot silver-leaved 
Lindens planted at an entrance. 
The semi-formal outline of tin* lrt‘(*s harmonizes sjilen- 
didly w ith the lines of the drives, jiiers and hedge, and 
as they are a little dilferent to the lre(*s indigenous to tin* 
surrounding country add distinction to the entrance. 
There are no discordant notes, it is simple and dignitied 
and much more elfective than an obvious (dlort in plant¬ 
ing to produce something more elaborate. 
