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be covered with trees, shrubs, and flowers being given, first mark it out in rows lengthwise. The first
row may be 2 ft. from the m argin of the tu rf or th e edge of the walk ; the second, 3 ft. from the firs t; the
third, 4 ft. from the second ; and so on to th e back of the plantation. Suppose the width to admit of
ten rows (J ig. 873. a to k ) , then th e six rows n ex t the walk will occupy a space of 27ft., which may be
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devoted to shrubs, aud th e remaining th ree rows will occupy a space of 37 ft., and may be planted with
trees. Then, beginning with the first row, which is destined for the lowest class of shrubs, arrange them
according to the times of their flowering, which will, as in arranging herbaceous plants, be most conveniently
done a t six times : viz. 1, M arch; 2, April, &c. to 6. A u g u s t; and they will stand as in the
flower-border in the order of 1, 6, 3, 5, 2, 4, and with the colours in the same manner (a ). T h e second
row (6) is to b e a rra n g ed m the same m an n e r; and as trees, though nearly of the same size when planted,
yet attain finally very different degrees of bulk, provision must be made for the plants in each row to
expand year after year, till they attain th e ir full growth. This we propose to do by planting two plants
of a sort in the second row (b), three in th e third, and so on (as indicated in the figure), till, in th e last
or tenth row (*), th ere will be ten plants of a sort in a line together. It is to be observed, th a t a deciduous
and an evergreen sort (marked d, e, in the figure) are to be planted alternately, in order to ensure an
equal mixture m respect to v erd u re; and that the colours (denoted by r , to, b, y , in the figure) are mixed
as in th e mingled border, to ensure a general display of mixed blossoms. The second or third year such
of the plants are to be thinned out as crowd th e others, reserving, however, as final plants, one of each
sort (say E for the evergreens, and D for the deciduous sorts), so placed in respect to the plants in the
other rows, as th a t the whole, when fmally thinned out, may stand in quincunx. T h e largest trees will
then occupy about 100 square feet each ; and each of the shrubs in the front row about a square y a rd :
/ f T number of deciduous plants as evergreens : some shrubs of all the four colours in
Z m l vY ? t 7 season, and a verdant aspect in summer as well as in winter.
509L y/ic distance between the rotes q f trees (ten feet) may in some cases be an objection for a vear or
two a t firr t; but this, we consider, will be more than counterbalanced by the opportunity afforded of cu!
S i r fit th fra for 4 ^ “ T ^''raittcd to their side shoots, which will the
! ? / / / / £ £ / o f/], producing blossoms. All formality of appearance will soon be done away by the irre-
T / h and by the thinnings which must take place in, at the latest, three years after
. . 4 4 / appearance of rows, they may be obliterated, b r iK i . c i h i g
intervals,----- of the same »sort u. >. aa as viixjoc those in 111 the Llie iuitjs lines auloiiuns adjoming;: but in doing this, care must
be taken neyerto lose sight of the shrub or tree which is finally to remain! as it is of»mVrtaUc'e to lh is
T w i n T h Y Vi ®‘‘ ¿ ¿ u re s q u e planting), that the regular disposition of the whole be preserved
/‘}?Y7Yd9e®r®Mju SuqTuisf ofoiflioa g/ /e . T h e herbaceous plan4ts onl4y^ re mmiaxitnu rteo obfe caodloduedr .i n tThhee fsleo wareer , Taon hde o ifn pseerrmtedan „e„net lants on ly rem a in to b e ad d ed . T h e s e a reV o 'b eT n s e rte d 'o n e
. u .. ... uiic UIOL luw Ul siiru u s 1.0;, a n d th r e e o r m o re row s (p , a. r . s ) in th e in te rv e n in c snnoe«
i f to * hM ih f S a q u in c u n x w ith th e s h r u b s ; a n d th e same a r r a /g em e n t
® i ’ YiVVofe I® flowering, a d o p ted a s m th e m in g led b o rd e r. Su ch a sh ru b b e ry m ay be
S I sW i e v e rg re e n , a n d th e same n um b e r o f de c id u o u s t r e e s ; w ith (C+6)
i f h i ? h i / 1 n um b e r de c id u o u s, a n d h a lf e v e rg r e e n ; a n d w ith (5+C) th ir ty so rts
h i o f h T c i ? / ^ • f t may th e n be c o n tin u e d e ith e r b y re p e a tin g th e p a tte rn w ith th e same so rts o r
by o th e r s o r t s ; o r p rincipMIy b y th e same so rts, w ith some o th e rs o c c a sio n a lly . I f a show o f flowers is
f o l S ’i T r f / ' i ti®"*/ ra u s t be c om p a ra tiv e ly few, a s th e flowers o f th e g r e a te r n um b e r o f tre e s and
sh ru b s a r e o f d u ll co lo u rs , o r little co n sp icu o u s. T h e ev e rg re en tre e s , in a n o n u la r
said to h av e a n y flow e r; b u t s till a n um b e r o f th em m u s t b e in tro d u c e d in th e ba ck sense, can hardly be
J UOT... <.Liiciij iiiuBL u u i tr u c rows, to blend with
horse-chestnuts, limes, acacias, wild cherries, wild pears, &c., &c.
5095. 77ie massed o r grouped m anner of planting a slirabbeiy {fig . 874.) is analogous
to tbe select manner of planting a flower-garden. Hero one genus, species, or even
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variety, is planted by itself in considerable numbers, so as to produce a powerful effect.
Tbus tbe pino tribe, as trees, may be alone planted in one part of the shrubbery, and the
holly, iu its numerous varieties, as shrubs. After an extent of several yards, or hundreds
of yards, bave been occupied with tbese two genera, a third and fourth, say the evergreen
fir tribe and the yew, may succeed, being gradually blended with them, and so on. A
similar grouping is observed in the case of the herbaceous pliints inserted in the front of
tho plantation ; and the arrangement of tho whole as to height, is the same as iu the
mingled shrubbery.
509C. T k e c h ie f difflmOty in this m anner of planting is so to select the sorts th a t are to succeed each other
SO to blend one group or kind with those adjoining, and at the same time maintaining the requisite grada^
tion from the front to tho back of the plantation, as to preserve to th e spectator in walking along the
appearance of a whole. When this is successfully accomplished, and on a large scale, no kind of shrubbery
can be more beautiful in summer ; but in winter it will present p arts wholly without evergreens, and it
will only be rich in flowers in some parts ; as, for example, where th e roses, spiræas,mespiluses, &c., are introduced.
By proper contrivance, however, the evergreens, the showy flowering deciduous kinds, and the
less showy deciduous sorts, may form three divisions, and the former two can be kept nearest the mansion.
I h e best guides as to the sorts proper to adjoin each other, are the general form and mode of growth ;
and next, th e colour and foliation. In these particulars the transition should always be gradual! Thus
among the trees, th e pines, cedars, firs, and yew, form a regular gradation, and the shrubs which mav be
placed near them are the arbor vitæ. juniper, furze, &c. To place groups of weeping-willow or elm adjoining
the pmes, and to select roses and lilacs as shrubs, would produce a harsh and incongruous effect
I'h e re is obviously much less natural affinity between herbaceous plants and shrubs than between shrubs
nnd trees ; b u t the groups of the herbaceous plants must harmonise among themselves on the same general
principles as th e trees ; thus pink and carnation-looking plants (Caryophÿlleæ), should not be succeeded
bv coarse broad-leaved sorts (iJorugîneoe), but rather by more delicate kinds, as grasses or Prîmulæ, &c.
There may sometimes also be a certain species of relation between the herbaceous plants and shrubs ; thus
the bulbous-rooted kinds, and small early flowers, as violets, Primulæ, will be more fitly planted among
evergreens and early-flowering deciduous shrubs than among late deciduous kinds.
5097. Various other modes q f massed, a n d also select-plantcd, shrubberies may be adopted ; such as collecting
together all such shrubs, trees, and flowers, as flower a t th e same time, or have the same colour of flower,
or foliage, or the same odours, or the same general shape, or the same natural habitation, as of marshes,
mountains, &c., or the same country, as America, Switzerland, Sweden, &c. But the intelligent gardener,
who has attended to what has been already advanced, can hardly require farther instructions to form such
plantations. We would suggest, as worth trial, where th ere is ample space, the mode of arranging by
odours ; th e ancients are said to have paid particular attention to this in mi xing th e ir tree«. Every one
must have experienced a difference in this respect between walking in a pinc-forest, a plantation of balsam -
poplars, a birch-copse, and beside sweet-briar and juniper hedges. An arrangement of this kind, depend-
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