The American journal of horticulture and florist's companion . ith such a distribution, it becomes clear that through the openingsremaining between the groups, and by diversifying the colors of the foliageand the forms of the trees, there will be as many different aspects as open-ings ; and whenever one looks through an open space, be it from the frontto the rear, or from the rear to the front, the variety will be everjwhererepeated. Single trees and single shrubs of all sizes may be planted thinly andirregularly over these vacancies : for this purpose, trees of remarkable forms,of characteris
The American journal of horticulture and florist's companion . ith such a distribution, it becomes clear that through the openingsremaining between the groups, and by diversifying the colors of the foliageand the forms of the trees, there will be as many different aspects as open-ings ; and whenever one looks through an open space, be it from the frontto the rear, or from the rear to the front, the variety will be everjwhererepeated. Single trees and single shrubs of all sizes may be planted thinly andirregularly over these vacancies : for this purpose, trees of remarkable forms,of characteristic appearance, color, or flowers, or often show-plants that aretoo valuable to be used in the groups, may be employed. These single trees and shrubs are not to be distributed according totheir sizes, in their respective regions, as indicated for the groups ; but, ifnot exactly the reverse, at least with a tasteful fancy. For instance, infront, or on the shade side of a group of dark evergreens in the 3s or 4s T/ieoty and Practice in Landscape-Gardening. «3. A is a house with vistas from its main front in the directions marked with arrows. The open lawn de-sired is indicated at B, and by an undulating line forming the outskirts of it. Four dotted lines, indicatedby I, 2, 3, 4, show the division-lines between the various heights of shrubs and trees, in which the distribu-tion of the subjects given as ornament oiitside of the lawn has to take place ; /i, at C, between the lawnitself and the line i, shrubs of from three to ten feet; between i and 2, on D, shrubs from ten to fifteen ortwenty feet ; between 2 and 3, on E, small-sized trees of from twenty to forty ; and, on the last space, treesof the larger and largest size. 84 Theory and Practice in Landscape-Gardening. region, there may be some two or three low-growing, broad-leaved, andlight-colored shrubs ; for instance, Hydrangea hortensis or arborescens. Near a group of low deciduous shrubs in the first region there may bean
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