The Kanzas news., 1857-07-04
shrubberv Planting.


The Horticultural Cabinet contains the |
following practical remarks on this subject
which should interest every one who owns a |
spot of ground:
ssThe shrubbery may be defined tobe the
link which connects the mansion and the
lawn to the flower garden or the other parts
of a residence, and is most generally plant |
ed either for shelter or shade, although often
as screen to hide disagreeable objects, for
which the plants which compose il are bet
ter suited than for forest or other trees.-I
The shrubbery is often a matter of utility as
well as of ornament, In which case It gives
the highest satisfaction when formed for the
purpose of shutting out the Offices or the
kitchen garden from the view of the house;
for sheltering the latter. or the garden, or
for connecting the house with the garden
and tie orchard, the shrubbery becomes use
ful and interesting.
Sometimes shrubbery is formed mere
ly for the purpose of growing rare shrubs,
and for obtaining agreeable walks; in this
case it is necessary to be at more pains, and
to display greater degree of taste in the
laying of it out than in the formation of the
useful shrubbery; In the former case a taste
full arrangement of plants is a matter of less
importance than the choice and disposition
of kinds that viii soonest afford shelter, and
ultimately become thick screens.
"In planting shrubberies for screens, to
hide disagreeable objects, eFergreens should
form the principal mass, as afording per-
manent blind, and giving cheerful appear
anee even in winter. A few deciduous.
shrubs of the most showy sorts, may, how
ever, be with propriety added, which viii
give relief to the more sombre appearance of
| tho eyergreens, particularly while the former
are in flower; but from their nature of annu-
ally shedding their leaves, and consequently
becoming thin in winter, they are not so
well calculated for a permanent blind.
s.In the disposal of shrubs, the tallest
should be planted furthest from the walk or
| front side, and the lower in stature in front,
| but if an immediate effect be desired, it is
better to elevate the ground than to plant
trees of too great an age; it is also matter
of importance that they may be planted
thickly, as it is an easy task to thin them out
when required Little taste has generally
been displayed in the formation of shrub
berries as to the production of picturesque
beauty: they are planted too generally in the
form of sloping banks, without the least nat
ural beauty whatever, although in this way
they may answer the purpose of binding
out disagreeable objects, are of little merit
when seen from their best side.
ssGreat attention should be paid, in their
| planting, to give them a somewhat natural
appearance, and not that of a surface so reg
ular as if they were clipped with the garden
shears. Straight lines should also be avoid
ed as much as possible, and if the margin of
the shrubbory should be broken with deep
1 indentures OF sinuosities, these should be
neatly turfed over and kept nown. The
walks which lead through this department
should not be to any great distance fin a
straight line, if it can be avoided, neither
should they be too much twisted. There
is something SO pleasing in a fine, gentle
! sweep or curve in road or walk, that few
are insensible of its beauty. The breadth of
the walks should be regulated according to
the length and scale of the place, as too mar
row walks for principal ones have never a
good effect; they should scarcely, under any
circumstances, be less than five feet wide,
and unless for terrace walks of great length,
should not be more than eight; if the greater
breadth, they assume the appearance of a
drive, and if narrower, they dwin-
die in appearance to mere foot PATH