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late-blooming form of Hydrangea panicu- 

 lata. Lespedezn Sicholdii makes broad 

 bushes flrip; ing in purple, and L. Japan- 

 icn in white pea (lowers. The white jjap- 

 pus of Ilnccharis hulimifolia is as showy 

 as blossoms and far more lasting. And if 

 the Can-opleris Masaainlhiis proves per- 

 fectly hardy it will add to our late blos- 

 soms. Now and l;iter, however, the fruit 

 and clianyiiiL; foIiaLre of the shrubs are 



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PLAN FOR A THRKE-QOARTER ACRE LOT 



but those we could use in the wood are 

 not shoAv. The Vulan and other Chinese 

 magnolias that bloom while leafless be- 

 long to the garden; in the woods they 

 would have a harsh and artificial effect. 

 The ones for our purpose are the Corne- 

 lian cherry and its near relative Cornus 

 ollicinalis, sweet gale, leather wood; spice 

 bush, mczereon, shrub yellow root, and 

 tlie like. If properly jilaced we coidd also 

 useyellovv Jasimiiie. the vine-like forsythia 

 and the spreading eorylopsis. Of course 

 our native witch hazel which blooms 

 in late fall, and the Japanese yelhjw and 

 ])urple-flowered ones that bloom in 

 winter or early spring should also find 

 a place; and close up against a south- 

 facing rock in some warm nook we might 

 presume to grow Cbimonanthtis tniiirans 

 which blooms all winter. Other .\pril 

 shi libs are Standish's and fragrant bush 

 honeysuckle. Genkwa blue daphne, Thun- 

 berg's spira^a, yellow and red flowering 

 currants, and Japan quince. 



In May we have someof the above, and 

 kerria, amelanchiers, Japanese rcdbud, 

 many spiraeas, beach plum, Staphylea 

 Cokhicn, Tartarian bush honeysuckles, 

 wayfaring tree, sweet shrub (Cnlycan- 

 thus), garden (|uinces (make |)retty 

 shrubs in bloom), Ohent azaleas, rhodo- 

 types. neviensia. xauthoccras, barberry, 

 rhokecherr\- , .1 y.n lea :i nitvna, t ree ])a'onies, 

 Deiitzin ffracilis, and D.pjirviflora, African 

 taniarix, many spiraas, laburnum, high 



bush cranberry, symplocos, the showy 

 Rubus eleliciosus, black haw, exochorda, 

 Coronilla Emeriis, such early roses as 

 rugosaaniX a/pi'na, medlars, several vibur- 

 nums, etc. 



And we enter June with andromcdas 

 and rhododendrons and the first of the 

 kalmias. We also have Van Houtte'sand 

 other spiraeas. Japanese Benthamia, white 

 fringe tree, Hydrungen vestitn. broom. 

 Ceanothus multilhuiis and C. (ivntns, 

 mock oranges, styrax, weigelias. creii.ita 

 deutzias, La;Ian(i's pyracaiuha, blailder 

 senna, .rose acacia, tree lil.-ies, Ibota 

 privet, Cytisiis nigricans, wild elder, Sjii- 

 ra.'a Japonica an<l its forms, stuartias 

 and Imperatriee Hugcnie hydrangea. 



July comes in with stuartias, calal])as, 

 Douglas' ajid willow leaved spir.eas, 

 Thunberg's hydrangea, wild prairie roses, 

 oak leaved hydrangea, k(elreutcri;i. 

 vucca, Lespcdeza bicolor, button-ball 

 bush, Cytisus capitatus. Hypericum ;ui- 

 rcum and others, trumpet vine, elethra, 

 dwarf hir.se chestnut, Bumalda and sev- 

 eral other spiijeas. 



With Aioust come .Osbcck's sumach, 

 calluna heaths. alth:eas, chaste shruli 

 (Vitex). Chin'se tamarix, Clerodendron 

 viscosum. Hydrangea paniculata (the 

 "single" onel', Gordonia.diinorphanthus, 

 Clerodendron liungci. and maiiy second 

 crop flowers of earlier blooming shrubs. 



Into Sei'TE-MBEK a good many of the 

 August flowers continue, notably the 



I hardy 

 IS make 



oliage elle 



In p.-qxr we will consider a few 

 1 ulis for special purposes, as for 

 Ls, shade, etc., and for fruit and 



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FLflN FOR fl T«REE-QUflRTER ACRE LOT. 



■ liiiiuadeforagen- 

 -'t' 'V ^ a verv con- 

 venient and .11, in, iniiiLjc-ment'for a 

 small suburlrui i,l,u, «ii,iv it is desired 

 to have some fruit and vegetables as well 

 as flowers and ornamental jilanting. 



The shrubbery is planted so as to screen 

 the vegetable garden, which will be ipiite 

 .ittractive in itself with its walks and 

 llouer borders. The clothes drying 

 ground is .screened by grape trellis. "The 

 stable and potting shed for the grecn- 

 liouse are made to open on the alley, so 

 there is no necessity for cutting up the 

 !.iwn with a carriage drive, wdiieh is 

 :iK\ ,iys to be avoided in(|uite small places 



the sulcwalk and the curb are pin oaks 

 planted lorty feet apart, with a Carolina 

 liopl.ir planted between each two oaks. 

 The pin o;iks are intended for permanent 

 street trees, and for this pur[)ose there is 

 nothing finer, and the Carolina poplars 

 are to be cut down when the oaks are 

 large enough to be effective The poplars 

 have no permanent value, but in a new 

 place are useful for temporary planting, 

 for in good soil they grow with remark- 

 able rapidity. I know of some that were 

 one inch in diameter when planted and 

 arc now, after four seasoji's growth, 

 eight inches in diameter and twentv feet 



1, Dwarf pears. 



2. 2. I5or<ler of herbaceous plants and 

 spring flowering Inilbs. 



iwball. 



S. .\1.,>M.I i.l.n.ii.ig of small tree, evcr- 



groups of hardy jilants in margin. 

 1). Colorado blue spruce. 



10. Yucca filamentosa. 



11. Rose flowered wx-eping Japan 

 cherry. 



12. Japanese maples. 



i;{, 13. Forsythia .sus/)chs,-(. 

 1 4-. Magnolia stellata. 

 !.">. Eulalia gracillinin and I'unkia 

 Sicholdi. 

 10. Mugho pine. 

 17. French cannas. 

 IS. Weeping Norway spruce. 

 I'J. Magnolia conspicua. 



20. Grape vines, grown on trellis. 



21. Clematis paniculata, Jackmanni 

 and Hcnryii, planted six feet apart lo be 

 trained on porch. 



22. Hall's honeysuckle, planted four 

 feet apart to be trained on porch. 



J. Wilkinson Elliott. 

 Pittsburg, Pa, 



