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HATEVER is needed—be it a foundation planting or a formal garden, a living-room out-of- 
doors or just a few shrubs—we are always ready to offer our services and our suggestions. Our 
landscape department will be glad to make a plan to help achieve the effect desired. 
Why is a plan needed? Only a person who is skilled in design and who has a keen knowledge of plant 
materials can work out the problems that arise in every garden. With a workable knowledge of the ulti- 
mate growth of the plants, their blooming habits, and their adaptability, a skilled designer can plan the 
planting efficiently in order to achieve the desired effect and express the personality of the home owner. 
Plans are not expensive. Rather, it is expensive to plant without a plan. With a plan there is no buying 
of plants at random, for the right plant, the right number, and the right sizes are purchased for a special 
location. There will be no moving of plants later, and no misfits to discard and replace. The plants are set 
out in an orderly way and each one, as it is added, is worked into the design. 
The small home owner, who buys plants only occasionally, needs a plan most, for with a plan he knows 
just what plant should be purchased and where it should go. The background material goes in first, then 
the foreground and accent plants later. Each plant, as it is added, works into the plan; and each plant, 
formal or informal, plays a significant part in developing the garden composition. 
Gardens can be as beautiful as the owner wants them to be. Pictured here and there through this 
book, you will see pictures of actual gardens which show the results of thoughtful designing and planting. 
Such gardens are not an accident, but are achieved by careful planning and skilled execution 
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