. The natural history of the farm; a guide to the practical study of the sources of our living in wild nature. Natural history. NATURE'S OFFERINGS FOR SPRING PLANTING 201 4. To plant the tough and thorny things in exposed places where people pass; the weak and brittle things where there is little chance of injury. 5. To plant in such an arrangement that flowers of inharmonious hues will not bloom side by side. Such plantings will be beautiful and relatively permanent, and will be maintained, year after year, with a minimum of trouble. Then, we may plant for fra- grance of leaves or flowers, fo
. The natural history of the farm; a guide to the practical study of the sources of our living in wild nature. Natural history. NATURE'S OFFERINGS FOR SPRING PLANTING 201 4. To plant the tough and thorny things in exposed places where people pass; the weak and brittle things where there is little chance of injury. 5. To plant in such an arrangement that flowers of inharmonious hues will not bloom side by side. Such plantings will be beautiful and relatively permanent, and will be maintained, year after year, with a minimum of trouble. Then, we may plant for fra- grance of leaves or flowers, for succession of bloom through- out the growing season, for au- tumnal colors of leaves or winter colors of bark or berries, or for any other effect that suits our fancy; nature has something for every place and purpose. In the wildwood we may see under what conditions each thing thrives best. And anyone can plant successfully who will observe and imitate nature's ways of using each sort. If we wish to attract birds, we wiU plant berry-bearing bushes and vines: such shrubs as buffalo-berry, shadbush, black-berried elder, viburnums, wild black currant, and blueberries: such vines as wUd grape, honeysuckles and Fig. 80. A spray oi sweet-fern (Comfitonia asplenifoHa).. 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 Needham, James G. (James George), 1868-1956. Ithaca, N. Y. , The Comstock Publishing Company
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