The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-06-01

some idea either of spirit or of rest,
and always of beauty. These effects
come from the habit of growth of the
plants used. Tall-growlng, graceful,
reedlike plants produce an effect of
grace and beauty, while plants of q
more sturdy habit may indicate
strength and resistance. The latter
are well suited for windbreaks or
shelter belts, while the former lend
| themselves to the formation of screens
or masks, either for walks or drives
or for fences or unsightly buildings.
Each group or plantation made upon
the grounds should have an excuse for
its existence and reason for occupy
ing the particular spot it does.
If there are unslghtly rear views
plantations in groups or belts should
be provided, in order to hide such OBJ
jects. If portion of the grounds Is
to be used for garden or a stable,
then the planting should be so made
as to effectively shut these areas from
view.
Pleasing effects In shrubbery planta-
tions come also from massing sorts
so as to produce q floral display each
month of the year. A group which
blooms in May or June, and which
presents no additional feature other
than a mass of foliage from June until
autumn, has little merit from a deco
rative point of view. Variety is the Sc
cret OF pleasing effects In shrubbery
groups. Glaring contrasts In habit of
growth or in color of flowers or foliage
are as Objectionable In planting groups
as in tapestries, but reasonable and
harmonious contrasts only add beauty
and variety to the landscape. Not
only do the flowers and foliage of
spring aud summer contribute to these
results, but autumn colora add n most
desirable and valuable contribution to
the seasons panorama.
In grouping shrubs, those with an
upright habit and robust growth
should occupy either a rear or a CEN
tral location III order that they may
lol III tlIC dEdIHSL
which all lower-growing sorts may be
arranged in regular graduation to the
border line, which later should be
given up to the decumbent md effemi- |
nate sorts, in order that the eye may
be carried from the greenswarti 10 the |
top of the group without receiving Of |
fense from bare stalks between the
turf and the foliage OF the group Itself.
Avoid bare trunks In evergreens and
bare stalks in the group.
LOw-growing dense-folaged plants
are as essential to a successful group
or border as are the tall-growing sorts.
Nature herself is one of the safest
guides. Her groups are always made
np Of variety Of light-Iovtng and
shade enduring plants growing to-
gether ench one assisting the other to
secure the environment best suited to
is highest development
Modern landscape horticulture is at
pest only a poor reproduction of the
model set by nature herself, but in
making the counterfeit every possible
advantage should be taken of the nat
lral adaptations Of plants in order to
;ecure the most pleasing effects from
The material at command. III all
planting it should be the aim to con-
eal the hand of the gardener to the
Utmost possible extent In small for
nal places with straight walks and
edges, the gardeners shears must be
sed frequently, but the aim should al
1ays be to produce harmony and sym
1etry without materially altering tho
atural habit of the plants. Formal
edges are an exception, but specimen
rees and shrubs need not be.