Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-15

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-growing. graceful,
reedlike plants produce an effect of
grace and beauty, while plants of
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 a reason for occupy
ing the particular spot it does.
If there are unsightly rear views,
plantations in groups or belts should
be provided, in order to hide such Oh
jects. If n portion of the grounds is
to be used for garden or stable.
then the planting should be so made
as to effectively shut these areas from
view. ---1-e -.
Pleasing effects in shruhbery planta..
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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 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 ms 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 and summer contribute to these
results. but autumn colors add most
desirable and valuable contribution TO
the seasons panorama.
In grouping shrubs, those with an
upright habit and robust growth
should occupy either rear or cen
trail location in order that they may
which all lower-growing sorts may be
arranged in regular graduation to the
border line, which later should be
given up to the decumbent and effemi-
nate sorts. in order that the eye may
be carried from the greenSward to 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 i'm the group.
Low-Srowing dense-foliaged plants
are as essential to Il successful group
or border as are the tall-grOwing sorts.
guides. Her groups are always made
up of Il variety of light-loving and
shade enduring plants growing to-
gether, each one assisting the other to
secure the environment best suited to
its highest development.
Modern landscape horticulture is mt
best only poor reproduction of the
model set by nature herself. but in
making the counterfeit every possible
advantage should he taken of the nat
ural adaptations of plants in order to
secure the most pleasing effects from
the material at command. In all
planting it should be the aim TO con-
ceal the hand of the gardener to the
utmost possible extent. In small for
NAL places with straight walks and
hedges. the gardeners shears must be
used frequently, but the aim should al
ways be to produce harmony and sym
metry without materially altering thr
natural habit of the plants. Formal
hedges are an exception. bat specimen
trees and shrubs need not be-