. The parks, promenades, & gardens of Paris, described and considered in relation to the wants of our own cities, and the public and private gardens. Gardens; Parks. THE PARC MONCEAU. 53 i dozen really distinct and charming kinds might be selected to form a group. The same applies to the Tritomas, which we usually manage to drill into straight lines : in an isolated group in a verdant glade, they are seen for the first time to best advantage; and what might not be done with these and their like by making mixed groups, or letting each plant stand distinct upon the grass, perfectly isolated
. The parks, promenades, & gardens of Paris, described and considered in relation to the wants of our own cities, and the public and private gardens. Gardens; Parks. THE PARC MONCEAU. 53 i dozen really distinct and charming kinds might be selected to form a group. The same applies to the Tritomas, which we usually manage to drill into straight lines : in an isolated group in a verdant glade, they are seen for the first time to best advantage; and what might not be done with these and their like by making mixed groups, or letting each plant stand distinct upon the grass, perfectly isolated in its beauty ! Let us again try to simply illustrate the idea. Take an important spot in a pleasure ground—a sweep of grass in face of a shrubbery, and see what can be done with it by means of these isolated plants. If, instead of leaving it in the bald state in which it is often found, we try to place distinct things in an isolated way upon the grass, the margin of shrubbery will be quite softened, and a new and charming feature added to the garden. Fig. 23. * Yucca flaccida. * Arundo Donax vaiiegata. Retinospora, sps * Acanthus Lusitanicus. * Pampas grass. * Canna nigricans. Group of Tritoma grandis- * * Statice latifolia. Rheum Emodi. Ferula glauca. Fine herbaceous and other plants isolated on the grass. If one who knew many plants were arranging them on the ground, and had a large stock to select from, he might make no end of striking effects. In the case of the smaller things, as the Yucca and variegated Arundo, groups of four or five good plants should be used to form one mass, and everything should be perfectly distinct and isolated, so that a person could freely move about amongst the plants without touching them. In addition to such arrangements, two or three individuals of a species might be placed here. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these ill
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