. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1666 SHRUBBERY \here m a continuous bordei there should be places shruljs of larger size occup> the tuU width so is to ibrmt, ^rowtb of consideiable height into the lawn The irrui„enunt should be vaiied so as to a\oid all mibcelUnious shrubs of all kinds does not gi
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1666 SHRUBBERY \here m a continuous bordei there should be places shruljs of larger size occup> the tuU width so is to ibrmt, ^rowtb of consideiable height into the lawn The irrui„enunt should be vaiied so as to a\oid all mibcelUnious shrubs of all kinds does not give is good an effect as broadei aieas of single species or genera (,?i,. f*-' i' slightly interspersed at the margin with shrubs of another kind. Straight rows should be avoided. A laborer or a novice when told this will arrange the plants in a zigzag manner, thinking that he is placing them irregularly, the result often being almost the same as that of two rows. If the group is being planted along a straight line, as the boundary of a lot, the dis- tances of the successive plants from this line might be somewhat as follows: two feet, four feet, five feet, three feet, one foot, and the distances apart, measured parallel with a fixed line, should vary also. The ideal condition of a group of shrubbery is to have all the individual plants healthy, so that the foliage will appear fresh and of good color. This foliage should extend down to the surface of the adjacent lawn or walk, and shade the ground underneath so completely that nothing will grow there. The leaves which fall with the approach of winter should be allowed to remain as a perpetual mulch. The desired result cannot be secured the first year the shrubs are planted unless they are of large size and moved but a short distance. The aim in caring for a new plantation should be to secure thrifty plants, and this care, like the preparation of the soil, should be such as is given to a field of corn. Very little trimming shou
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