. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 32 BETTER FRUIT May SHRUBS AND WHERE AND HOW TO PLANT THEM THAT the use of shrubs has been delayed until such a late period in the development of our landscape architecture is unfortunate in many cases. There are many places where their use will change the entire appearance of the environment. Nature has continually hinted to man the advisability of using shrubs in connection with the beautify- ing of his surroundings. A glance at Figure 1 will illustrate this point very well. It has been said that nature abhors a vacancy. If man does not improve such spaces
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 32 BETTER FRUIT May SHRUBS AND WHERE AND HOW TO PLANT THEM THAT the use of shrubs has been delayed until such a late period in the development of our landscape architecture is unfortunate in many cases. There are many places where their use will change the entire appearance of the environment. Nature has continually hinted to man the advisability of using shrubs in connection with the beautify- ing of his surroundings. A glance at Figure 1 will illustrate this point very well. It has been said that nature abhors a vacancy. If man does not improve such spaces nature will rapidly do so. It may not always be filled with the kind of plants we especially desire, but never- theless there is a natural beauty about the same that we cannot help admire. Weeds are plants out of place. In other words, we consider that plant a weed which springs up and interferes with the production of plants more useful to mankind. The charm of shrubs and vines lies in their purely natural adapta- tion to nooks and corners about build- ings, in the borders, about well kept lawns, at the edge of trees and their true sense of quiet and peacefulness (Figure 2). The beginner in plant grouping is apt to make all of his groups alike. This is very easy to do, and can be avoided by the planter having in mind the finished effect before he begins to plant. A background is made up most naturally of trees of various kinds and sizes. In this border many specimens of rough and uncouth growth can be used which do not look uncouth when a judicious planting of shrubbery is made in the foreground. The gardener should bear in mind that plants in the fore- ground must stand close examination. For this reason special care should be BY W. H. WICKS, HORTICULTURIST, IDAHO exercised in their choice. Flowering shrubs and herbaceous plants are espe- cially adapted for use in such places. Anyone who'has attempted to beautify his grounds soon realizes that the use of shrubs plays an imme
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