. Common sense gardens. Gardening. [from old catalog]. CHAPTER VII CHOOSING SHRUBS AND SMALL TREES MANY people im- agine that shrubs are wasted if they are not massed together in great planta- tions, where they present a solid phalanx of bloom for two or three days each year. The rest of the time the bed is dark and unattractive and is a blot on the lawn, detracting from, rather than adding to the surround- ings. Such a system may sometimes be convenient on large and bare estates which are difficult to plant anyway, but on small grounds shrubs should be used generally as individual specimens s
. Common sense gardens. Gardening. [from old catalog]. CHAPTER VII CHOOSING SHRUBS AND SMALL TREES MANY people im- agine that shrubs are wasted if they are not massed together in great planta- tions, where they present a solid phalanx of bloom for two or three days each year. The rest of the time the bed is dark and unattractive and is a blot on the lawn, detracting from, rather than adding to the surround- ings. Such a system may sometimes be convenient on large and bare estates which are difficult to plant anyway, but on small grounds shrubs should be used generally as individual specimens so that their beauty may be seen and admired, so that the good quahties of each may be appreciated; they should not be consid- 127. 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 Sewell, Cornelius V. V. [from old catalog]. New York, The Grafton press
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