New-York tribune., 1922-12-10
Order One of the Feature
Problems in Landscaping
Smaller the House and Grounds the More Difficult
the Task of Planting Becomes, Says Expert;
Common Shrubs as q Rule Are Best

door, on picking up the line or ,he
chimney or one % the corners Of the
house. and used together with few
smaller shrubs massed AZ appropriate
places along the foundation. will both
harmonic the house into tho yard
and soften She line where foundation
and lawn meet
Res,udy the plan. continually mak-
ing changes and additions whore neccs-
ary and observing out OF doors what
erect these changes have. IL is very
necessary 10 keep the place as whole
I'm mind when working upon the design
for any part OF IT, Having the parts
we'll organized means the dependence
Of ono upon the other The different
parts. such as front lawn. kitchen and
laundry yard. vegetable and flower
garden, will not then crist ~ entirely
independent units. The hedge of
shrubs. wall or lattice that screens the
laundry yard then becomes a back
ground for the lawn or flower garden
ard thus serves q double purpose.
Avoid spot.iness by rot using too
many single specimens. II the place is
large enough il is very interesting %
not see everything 90 once. Trees.
masses Of shrubs, hedges, walls, etc.
used in the design and planting Of
lawns and gardens can somewhat
screen these areas one from another.
An element ~ mystery Is thereby
gained.
At this point you should begin 20
think definitely what kind Of plant
materials 10 use. To think OF them
sooner would be a temptation TO use
them for their own color and at
tractivencss regardless OF whether
they add % the effect Of the picture &C
a whole or serve some useful purpose
in the design.
The places that make the greatest
;n,pression upon US are not those that
Wc remember FOR their fine individual
plrnting, but those where the planting
helps to form an orderly design, rich
and harmonious in form, color and
texture. Shrubs 10 be massed together
around the house, along the border oi
tho property or as screen should
rcycr be o. the pyramidGl or sunny
round type Characterirtic or some O.
tho retinispor, as box, spruce, etc. baeh
Of these if q distinct specimen IN IT,
self. and 10 is extremely diiheut 20
for,n a pleasing and quiet group Win
,hcm. In grouping shrubs lt IS neees-
cary 70 use those that are free enough
in outline TO merge one into another
Avoid the use OF trees and shrubs
,vith yellow. light green or other cor
spieuous or variegatcd foliage. ne
moro common shrubs, ar a rule, arc
hes,. and arc inexpensive as We'll
Ljlacs. Towering syrinRa, forsythia. tn'
viburnums, honcysuckle, high Dush
cranberry and regcis privit are az
GOOD. inexpensive, deeiduous shrJos
that will attain n height OF from hFe
"a eight feet. The should be planted
four 10 five feet apart.
Snowberry, coral berry, spirca thum-
bergii. Iapancse barberrv and stephean-
anira arc good medium growing deed,
yons shrubs. These should be planted
three TO four feet apart.
of the larger evergreen shrubs
p6tzers juniper. rhododendron, noun,
tain laurel, dwarf Mugho pine and
rctinispora flifera are very desirable
s,d hardy. Their cost is. Of course,
much greater than the deciduous ma
terial.
Smaller Evergreen Shrubs
Of the smaller evergreen shrubs
Abeliea. Japanese Yew. Andromeda
soribundn and Japoniea, winterberry
and Lsucothoe catesbaei arc al gooa
bardv varieties. These should oe
niaated from tao 20 three feet apart
Too much cannot be said for the use
~ GOOD secondary tree, in the borders
and As accents against the house ~
,bjs class are the towering dogwooa'
White birch, red cedar, Austrian pine
stvrex. hAwthorns and erabapples
Tbese give an additional height and
variety 90 the shrubbery planting
around the house and elsewhere around
tho lawn. -.
Purchase these trees as large m SIZE
as you can afford. Last but not least
arc the larger lawn and specimen
trees. A small lot viii need not more
tban tWo OF three. but get them as
large as possible. for their importance
cannot be over-estimated IN giving tne
place as n whole an established ano
comfortable appearance.
Indicate each shrub and tree upon
the plan. spacing them as suggested
obovc. II is not necessary 20 use
large variety OF materials. ms y
r.vi. onlv 100 common in American
home properties. both large and small
The fine old villas Of Italy usually
have less than . dozen varieties OF
ices and shrubs. yet hoY dignihed ana
Grand is the effect a. rhsis'