The American journal of horticulture and florist's companion . here may be some two or three low-growing, broad-leaved, andlight-colored shrubs ; for instance, Hydrangea hortensis or arborescens. Near a group of low deciduous shrubs in the first region there may bean Irish juniper or a Podocarpiis Japonica, and so forth. In this distribution, the artist has a wide scope for displaying taste andfancy ; and it will be understood by doubtful readers, that, in spite of themathematical distribution of the trees and shrubs, such a place, well ar-ranged, will not exactly look like a deep saucer, nor
The American journal of horticulture and florist's companion . here may be some two or three low-growing, broad-leaved, andlight-colored shrubs ; for instance, Hydrangea hortensis or arborescens. Near a group of low deciduous shrubs in the first region there may bean Irish juniper or a Podocarpiis Japonica, and so forth. In this distribution, the artist has a wide scope for displaying taste andfancy ; and it will be understood by doubtful readers, that, in spite of themathematical distribution of the trees and shrubs, such a place, well ar-ranged, will not exactly look like a deep saucer, nor like a Roman arena. The diagram given here is of the plainest form for a better understand-ing only. It does not happen often that the outlines are regular, or thedifferent regions of equal width: in a small place, yi,the first region forthe shrubbery may occupy for itself as much space as the three farther ones. If there are two lawns, or even more, or two lawns intersecting each other,as shown by this sketch, the arrangement must first be made separate for. each of them, without regard to the other, and then the planting removedin all the places where the same regions of the two lawns will intersecteach other. Thus may be formed two quite independent lawns, each one presentingthe beauties of a single one, arranged with the greatest care, without inter-fering with each other. The trees and shrubs once distributed, the drive and the walks, if notalready on the ground, may be drawn or staked out where they should belocated, without regard to the intended groups, but certainly with the con- Ilybiid Perpetual Rose Napoleon III. 85 sideration of such features as may be on the ground. Such groups as maycome in the way will have to be removed farther, or suppressed. (This isunderstood in making up the plans.) The laying-down of the drive and walks will then determine a morecorrect distribution of all the single standing show-plants mentioned, whichmay be located at irregular distance
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