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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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Plants for Ground Cover: Aspidium

Asplenium ebeneum Ebony Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes Maidenhair Spleenwort Aspidium acrostichoides Christmas Fern Aspidium marginale Margined Fern b. Moist, shady places:

Adiantum pedatum Maidenhair Fern Aspidium acrostichoides Christmas Fern Aspidium cristatum Dwarf Fern Aspidium goldieanum Goldie's Wood Fern Aspidium marginale Margined Fern Asplenium filix-foemina Lady Fern Camptosorus rhizophyllus Walking Fern Dennstaedtia punctilobula Hay-scented Fern Osmunda claytoniana Clayton's Fern Polypodium vulgare Polypody Woodsia obtusa Neat Fern Onoclea sensibilis Sensitive Fern Onoclea struthiopteris Ostrich Fern Osmunda cinnamomea Cinnamon Fern Osmunda regalis Royal Fern Phegopteris hexagonoptera Broad Beech Fern Woodwardia virginica Virginia Chain Fern E. EMBANKMENTS AND ROCKY SLOPES. This group consists mostly of vines and scrambling types of shrubs, together with a very few interesting hardy perennials. Banks and rocky slopes do not generally retain a considerable amount of moisture, and accordingly the material which is used should possess a vigorous constitution and low, spreading habit of growth, and the ability to withstand lack of moisture. The embankments which are composed of excellent heavy types of soil, and which are constantly cared for, may be covered with any of the low, spreading types of shrubs and perennials. a.

the attractiveness of a landscape picture. (See page 155, group XIX-B)
the attractiveness of a landscape picture. (See page 155, group XIX-B)

Shrubs:

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry Comptonia asplenifolia Sweet Fern PLATE XXX. A group of Japanese snowball, producing flowers in spring soon after the leaves appear, adds much to the attractiveness of a landscape picture. (See page 155, group XIX-B) Cotoneaster horizontalis Prostrate Cotoneaster Genista tinctoria Dyer's Greenweed Juniperus (prostrate forms) Red Cedar Kalmia angustifolia Sheep Laurel Lonicera prostrata Prostrate Honeysuckle Lonicera spinosa alberti Large-fruited Honeysuckle Lonicera syringantha Heliotrope Honeysuckle Myrica cerifera Bayberry Rhus canadensis Fragrant Sumac Rhus copallina Shining Sumac Rhus glabra Smooth Sumac Rhus typhina Staghorn Sumac b. Perennials:

Hypericum calycinum Aaron's Beard Pachysandra terminalis Japanese Spurge c.

Vines:

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