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In this small space, obviously, only very general, simple comment can be made on the subject. 
If you can afford it better call on a good landscape architect, but if you must plan for yourself 
by preference or necessity, remember these simple well known rules of the game. 
| Plant around the foundation of your house and around the borders 
of your grounds, leaving the lawn open. Do not plant shrubs or 
trees in the lawn, except perhaps large shade trees where needed 
to shade the house. 
2). Do not plant tall growing shrubs or trees near the house which will 
later obstruct view from windows or overtop the house. Keep in 
mind the eventual size of shrubs or trees. 
3 Evergreens seldom survive near a foundation for long. They look 
nice for a year or two, then perish for lack of soil moisture, caused 
by soil draining effect of basement walls. 
In choosing trees, evergreens or shrubs for certain locations and purposes, if possible, find 
full grown specimens of the same kinds you are considering and note eventual size and charac- 
ter. This will enable you to choose wisely and prevent errors in judgment which may be 
costly later. Do not plant too close together for immediate effect or you will have a packed 
condition in a few years, necessitating removal of expensive material and thus set back the 
attainment of a pleasing permanent planting. 
EVERGREENS 
These are beautiful the year around and are 
therefore justly popular. Many home owners 
do, however, make serious and expensive mis- 
takes in choosing types suitable for their pur- 
pose. If you plant a Christmas tree type, such 
as Spruces, Hemlock or Pines, close to your 
house and assuming that it survives the condi- 
tions, in a few years the tree grows enormous 
ly, eventually attaining 75 feet or so high, 
shuts off the view and the side next the house 
becomes stunted and unattractive. Plant the 
same tree away from the house where it has a 
chance to develop and it becomes increasingly 
beautiful with the years. 
Choose small dwarf types, such as Junipers, 
Arbor-Vitaes, Yews, Mugho Pines, etc., for 
locations near buildings if you must have 
evergreens there. 
HEDGES 
wise be sparse near the ground. Here are 
several good cross section shapes. 
They make attractive, living fences when 
well cared for. They do take quite a bit of 
care to keep them neat and healthy. Trimming 
is quite a chore to be repeated several times 
a year. Hedges seldom fill out well on the 
north side where sunshine cannot induce 
growth. They are avid feeders and require 
plenty of fertilizer and water, but their beauty 
and utility are worth the effort. 
Flowers seldom do well next to a hedge, for 
the hedge roots rob the soil of food and water 
for some distance. 
Trim your hedge narrower at top than at 
bottom to allow sun to reach the lower 
branches and induce growth which will other- 

The rather new Barberry, called Truehedge, 
is a good type, growing naturally vertical and 
not so rampant as other hedge plants, thus 
requiring less care and less robbing of the soil. 
ROSES 
Hybrid Tea Roses are primarily machines 
for the production of blossoms. If they stop 
vigorous growth, there will be no roses. They 
bloom on new growth. For this reason they 
require ample food, complete fertilizers, plenty 
of humus (manure or leaf mold or peat moss) 
and plenty of moisture, but if the soil is heavy 
clay it must be well drained. 
They are susceptible to various pests (mil- 
dew, black spot, aphis and rose chafers) but 
these can be controlled with various spray 
materials or combination sprays available from 
your seedsman or nurseryman. 
In spite of the care required for good re- 
sults, Roses retain their leading popularity 
over all other shrubs and flowers and justly so. 
They prefer heavy, clayey soils because 
those soils hold moisture better. If your soil 
is porous and sandy, better excavate 2 feet 
and work in a liberal floor of clay top soil and 
fill in with a mixture of old rotted manure or 
peat moss, clay and top soil in about equal 
parts. 
Climbing Roses and Polyantha types are 
much less particular about soil but respond 
better when similar conditions are provided. 
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