. The complete home landscape. Landscape gardening; Gardens. STYLES OF LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT must be regarded as two entirely separate units and therefore be distinctly divided. The most commonly met with style of landscape is the natural For this the native growth on similar soil and in similar locations should be studied, and an effort made to reproduce the natural effect. If your grounds are low and more or less moist, only moisture-loving plants should be used; the composition of the soil will also enter into the selection of the plant material. In arrangement the planting should consist o
. The complete home landscape. Landscape gardening; Gardens. STYLES OF LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT must be regarded as two entirely separate units and therefore be distinctly divided. The most commonly met with style of landscape is the natural For this the native growth on similar soil and in similar locations should be studied, and an effort made to reproduce the natural effect. If your grounds are low and more or less moist, only moisture-loving plants should be used; the composition of the soil will also enter into the selection of the plant material. In arrangement the planting should consist of masses containing a number of plants of the same kind rather than a few each of many different kinds. It is taken for granted that all exotic and grotesque forms of plants should be omitted from the natural planting, but this does not mean that there is to be monotony. There is ample scope for such a selection that the natural garden will be full of interest and beauty every day in the year—just as Nature is. The lines of planting should be in long, easy, graceful curves; bays should be left in the shrubbery borders; and the trees in groups need not be well-shaped. Here and there a slightly crooked stem or slant- ing effect is quite in keeping. In a wild clump of Birch who ever saw each|tree]a perfect, symmetrical specimen ? g sirip Le^r paper i ^lA LanJTi Je^. Fig. 3.—The subsoil^should be graded just as carefully and almost as accurately as the finished surface. This also shows how a line of drain tile can be laid to keep water from seeping into the cellar.—See pages 11 and 16. 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 Jennings, Arthur J; Johnson, Leonard H. New York, A. T. De La Mare
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