The Complete Garden

A landscape architect's working manual of 1921: not how to grow a plant but where to put it — the plant lists, the groupings, the seasons of bloom, and the reasons behind a designed garden.

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XVI. Plants for Heavy, Formal Effects A-Border planting B-Topiary work and close shearing a. Evergreen b. Deciduous C-Growing in tubs CHAPTER CONTENTS D-Trees and shrubs for allees a. Pleached.

PAGE 146 b. Not pleached (open allees) I. Deciduous 2. Evergreen. 147 147 147 A-Evergreen B-Deciduous .

XVII. Plants for Natural, Informal Effects XVIII. Low-Growing Plants Along the Inner Side of Curving Roadways and at Entrances XIX. Trees and Shrubs for Different Flowering Effects A-Producing flowers in early spring before leaves 148 150 • 151 151 • 152 appear 154 B-Producing flowers in early spring after leaves appear. 154 C-Producing flowers during early summer 155 D-Producing flowers during late summer and early autumn 156 E-Producing flowers in shades of red and pink • : 156 a. Early-flowering sorts • 157 b. Late spring and summer-flowering sorts . 157 F-Producing yellow flowers 157 a. Early-flowering sorts • 157 b. Late spring and summer-flowering sorts 158 G-Producing white flowers 158 a. Early-flowering sorts 158 b. Late spring and summer-flowering sorts 158 H-Producing blue flowers 159 I-Continuous bloom from twelve shrubs 159 XX. Plants Valuable for the Characteristics of Their Fruit. 160 2 A-Producing fruit of peculiarly interesting form or size 161 B-Producing fruit valuable for its colour effects.

C-Producing fruit valuable during the winter months 162 163 D-Producing fruit valuable for attracting birds. 164 a. Fruiting in summer 165 b. Holding fruit into the winter months 166 c. Birds attracted by fruits 166 E-Producing fruit which attracts birds away from other fruits F-Producing fruit which often makes the plant undesirable in landscape planting CHAPTER CONTENTS XXI. Trees and Shrubs Bearing Coloured Twigs.

XXII. Plants Valuable Because of the Autumn Colouration of PAGE the Leaves A-Early B-Medium C-Late a. Coloured foliage. b. Green foliage A-Trees B-Shrubs. • • 171 173 173 173 174 174 XXIII. Fast-Growing Types Valuable for Producing Screen Effects 176 XXIV. Plants Adapted to Various Types of Soil Conditions A-Boggy and peaty soils a. Boggy situations b. Peaty situations.

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