Archive image from page 161 of Design in landscape gardening (1914). Design in landscape gardening . designinlandscap00root Year: 1914 142 LANDSCAPE GARDENING Figure 31. PARK-LIKE PLANTING AT WARWICK, ENGLAND The scale which is to prevail in the planting scheme should in turn be fixed by the requirements of the problem in hand. If a screen were to be planted to hide a garage from the eves of pass- ers-by, a hedge of California privet would be of little value, as it would not perform the purpose for which it was placed there. It would be neces- sary to use higher shrubs or even Lombardy pop


Archive image from page 161 of Design in landscape gardening (1914). Design in landscape gardening . designinlandscap00root Year: 1914 142 LANDSCAPE GARDENING Figure 31. PARK-LIKE PLANTING AT WARWICK, ENGLAND The scale which is to prevail in the planting scheme should in turn be fixed by the requirements of the problem in hand. If a screen were to be planted to hide a garage from the eves of pass- ers-by, a hedge of California privet would be of little value, as it would not perform the purpose for which it was placed there. It would be neces- sary to use higher shrubs or even Lombardy pop- lars, placed close together, if it were really neces- sary to conceal the building. The scale of the planting may be determined on


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