Design and improvement of school grounds . e vigorous and quite hardy in your neighbor-hood, that is, unless you have both time and inclination to meet theexacting needs of more tender and helpless things. We could easilyhave added hundreds of species to those actually used in our plans inthis pamphlet or recommended as desirable, but we have rigidly excludedall that cannot succeed with the minimum of attention. Otherswe have excluded for no reason except lack of space. It may be saidthere is not a native tree or shrub in the state that could not be usedto advantage under suitable conditions.
Design and improvement of school grounds . e vigorous and quite hardy in your neighbor-hood, that is, unless you have both time and inclination to meet theexacting needs of more tender and helpless things. We could easilyhave added hundreds of species to those actually used in our plans inthis pamphlet or recommended as desirable, but we have rigidly excludedall that cannot succeed with the minimum of attention. Otherswe have excluded for no reason except lack of space. It may be saidthere is not a native tree or shrub in the state that could not be usedto advantage under suitable conditions. Mass Planting As a rule it is best to use several plants of the same kind together,or in ample grounds even a large number, so that more effect and morerepose can be secured. The extent of each shrub mass should be de- tr f o > P a p W re B s f1 O p 0 re > W o G* s u p p o reft. 5 p 005 H c^ O P O p £d 5 t-1 re > ft. 3 o H 3 O S? 3 re a =-H o t1 »-i i> P 3 0 2 re K H !> & g H a: Cf <j re i—it1 CO f !? H <! O. Design and Improvement of School Grounds 13 termined by some natural limit, such as angles, bays, tops of knollsor areas between larger plantings. In the absence of such natural limitsseparate masses should not terminate abruptly, but should intermixgradually at the points of contact. In long curves trees should bebrought forward to break the shrub borders here and there and give anatural appearance to the mass divisions. A modified form of massplanting, and one having many attractions, is the mixing of two or threesorts of shrubs (or herbs) in numbers and in a varied proportion to as-sume a natural aspect. The most common and usually the most sat-isfactory combination of masses is that of two species of unequal height,the taller behind the other, and of a sort in which the flowers harmonizein color and bloom at the same time, such as Japan quince and Thun-b ergs spirea. Mass planting should not be made a dogma, is an interest of its
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