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“Go, make thy arden

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fair os thou canst,

‘Thou workeat mover alono;

Perchance he whore plot

next to thine,

Will pee It and mend his own.”

With the now style of modern
homes, onc-storey houses with the |
main floor only one or two stops
‘above the ground lovel, and usually
without high basements, a diffor-
‘ent style of Jandscaping Ih noces-
mary to ft in with those,

Foundation planting must bo In
Keeping with tho architectural
character of the home, Yet, In the
Yast decade, there have been #0
many of thix type of low houses
pullt, and evergreen coniferous
ahrubs have beon planted close to
the houre, even In front of win-
dows, without regard nx to type of
shrub or tree used for foundatlon
ranting.

Those looked well, no doubt, at
time of planting, but have In most
eases mow outgrown their post
tlone, with tho result that windows
pre half covered, and houses are
almost hidden from view, and
eventually will shut out the sun-
shine and view out.

‘A low houre should never be
wnrfed by tall planta before or
prouné It: and n small house
mhoukd not bo made to seem amall-
em Great care should bo taken in
choosing the tyne of.eversreen. |

There are manv varictiox of COMI |
fers most suitable for this
mutropse, Use formal shrubs of
Tnw-growing hablis, or noat, sten-
er pyramidical type. much as the
Trish Juniper, which can bo kopt
clipped, to emphasize an entrance
oorway. Avoid planting shrubs in
fa straight row, as much as possible,
slong a foundation wall.

Tn landscaping, around
houses. the taller growing types
of everareen may be ured, in some
cones, but it fs essential to avold
Planting these too close to the
house. and In ro cnses, should!
they be planted in too formal a
manner.

A professional gardener once
sid, “Despite all. the , natural
‘beauty and the avpear of cver-
preens, the desirable effect 1s often
Tost becatise they are ro frequently
misused by the home gardener,
Trmoly ecaitse they are -alsplaced
and fl chosen.”

A little study and care in select-
ing, placing and planting will Koln
evold this bad luck with ever-
greens. ‘The size, form, texture
end color of the evergrcens must
he consitered in regard to site of
rianting.

taller

Robert Color,
fountaln, at the corner of n for
mal garden, and almilar plneen,
The round or — globe-shaped
plants are used primarily na ac
cents in formal gardens and along

each slde of stops, Nevor not the
globe-like cvergreens in groups;
thoy wil] not blond nor merge to-

gether into a group any more than
baaket balla would.

The spreading type i probably
the most useful of the evergreens
for foundation plantings and for
general wise about tho small gor-
den. ‘Thin group Includes much
plants ax the Pritzer Junipor whi
will group together wol, harmo:
lzo with deelduous shrubs and
roften tho sovere lines of the more
pyramidal forms

‘Tho creoping evergroons may be
used in tho rock garden and for
covering small slopes.

Highly-colored variotles should
be omitted from the informal, nat-
urallstle plantings, but may be
used sparingly as accents in a
formal type planting:

Remember, each type of over-
greens have a preferred planting
place and the type you
planted, place and the type you
buy will depend upon the location
to be planted, Consult your nur-
soryman, and follow
structions with care. Make a plant-
Ing plan drawn to scale
tory results depend on thought In

planning.
Besides tho coniferous shrubs
and trecs, other cvorgreens in-

clude such shrubs as Box; Laurols,
the large-leaved English Laurel
and the smaller-leaved Portugal
Laurel; the Laurustinus, which
will remain in bloom all winter.

The Berbers, all evergreen ex-
copt the Thunbergi varitis. but the
latter retain their foliage well into
early winter, foliage which turns
most Brilliantly scarlet and’ crim-
son before shedding: the English
Privet and the Golten Privet,
which snay be trimmed to
shade desired,

The Enonymus, which can be
had in sevoral varloties and forms,
and most of thom bearing orange

any,

or red berries, and Evonymus
Japonieus has’ golden variegated
Teaves; the Cotoneaster, so well-

known by its profusion of red her-
Hes, may be had fn many pleasing

PLAN LOCATION .
First vimialize what shave of
lant you should have for that par-
ASenlar location, There are four
@istinct forms among everereone:
firet, the xviry-form which may be
ferarated into the large typo, like
that of the Spruce, and the amall-
er, more slender pyramidal type:
second, the robnd or globe-llke
tyoe; third, the spreading or ehrob
and. fourth, the creeping

Each evercroen plant shows itx
@intinetive form when small. en
will continue to grow in the shape.
Jn most canes, nn tong ns it liven
Thin ts not true with most de
enn planta.  Cangequentiy, one
should be morn Ahn to chorse the
Proper evergsoen for each Mentine
fe ultimate heolght tv remom-
Here Milroate eight Jy remem
Next consider the purnew for
which you intend ta ure thn ever-
freens, The mater mombern of
the pyramid! (eniry) grou. moh
fs the Trish Juniper ani Ted
Cedar, are used He necenta nt the
former of the house. bealda the
Moorway, on elther xido of 1 wnll

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arching habits,

The Cydonia or Pyrux Japnica,
one of the most popular shrubs,
known by many as Japonica; the
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All those have thelr «peoial place
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and soften the hardnoss of tho
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Camotilax and Magnollan should
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Thododendrons may be planted
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