. The joyous art of gardening; a book of first aid to the amateur. Gardening. Fig. 1. Approach to old-fash- ioned house Where to plant your shrubs seems, until you try it, the simplest of matters. One is so often told to "imitate Nature," to plant with a " pleasing irregu- larity," to group shrubs "loosely and naturally," to "create a little landscape picture"—which is all very well, but "imitating Nature" is by no means so easy as it sounds. It is the most difficult form of gardening, and few amateurs hit it exactly right the first time. The t
. The joyous art of gardening; a book of first aid to the amateur. Gardening. Fig. 1. Approach to old-fash- ioned house Where to plant your shrubs seems, until you try it, the simplest of matters. One is so often told to "imitate Nature," to plant with a " pleasing irregu- larity," to group shrubs "loosely and naturally," to "create a little landscape picture"—which is all very well, but "imitating Nature" is by no means so easy as it sounds. It is the most difficult form of gardening, and few amateurs hit it exactly right the first time. The typical ar- rangements shown in the illustrations are diagrammatic rather than decorative. First consider what kind of house you have. Suppose it is an old-fashioned house, the door squarely in the middle, equal numbers of windows on each side. Then let the per- sonality of the house have some weight—don't make an ap- proach of winding paths, or make irregular groups of shrub- bery—such coquetries are an offense to its dignity. A straight row of shrubs each side of the path would look well —box, if you can afford it or are blessed with it, or •' the old-fashioned bridal- wreath, or Spiraea van Houttei. Edging the path you could have a bulb- border followed by Phlox On each side of the shrubs could be regular flower-beds, hollyhocks and vines against the house. Such planting is fairly safe. (Fig. 1.) 133. Fig. 2. Symmetrical planting subulata or little English Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Duncan, Frances, 1877-. New York, C. Scribner's sons
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