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GARDENING. 



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level ground. Along the front boundary 

 runs a wall or iron fence, the entrance is 

 through iron gates into a court large 

 enough to admit of a carriage being 

 turned. There is a smaller gate admitting 

 pedestrians to a paved walk leading to 

 the front and back of the house. The 

 carpet bedding on each side of the 

 entrance court is justified by the formal 

 lines of building and macadam which it 

 supplements. The shrubbery behind it 

 sets it off and separates it from the main 

 part of the grounds. The drying ground 

 is enclosed on three sides by a hedge or 

 vine-covered trellis. The stable is placed 

 at the corner of the vegetable garden and 

 entered from a side street, thusbeingkept 

 entirely away from the house; but if the 

 place "were not on a corner the stable 

 could be placed opposite the drying 

 ground and the paved walk widened to 

 allow the passage of vehicles. 



"The interest and value of the vegeta- 

 ble garden could be added to by borders 

 ol annuals, herbaceous and tender plants 

 tor cut flowers, grape vines and dwarf 

 fruits. It is enclosed by a wall. A hedge 

 would be a good protection, would look 

 better and be far cheaper, but would take 

 several years to become an effective 

 defence. If the walks are made wide 

 enough to admit of a horse and cart be- 

 ing used in the garden, Gii; feet will be 

 wide enough for them and the inner 

 corners should be rounded a little to 

 allow for turning; in this way manure 

 may be carried to all parts of the garden 

 with great convenience. 



"If desired, breaks could be left in the 

 shruljbery to admit views from the street 

 without injury to the general design." 



EXPLANATION OF PLAN. 



1 . Japan maples, 



2. Retinospora obtusa. 



3. Magnolia conspicua, Yulan mag- 

 nolia. 



4. Magnolia parvifiora. 



f), 5. Shrubbery with small trees and 

 groups of large herbaceous plants in the 

 margins. 



C. Abies orienta//s, oriental spruce. 



7 Rollison's arbor vitses or golden 

 retinosporas. 



5. Nordmann's fir. 

 \). Scarlet maple. 



10. Andromeda arborea. 



11. Halsanifir. 



12. Norway spruce. 



13. Picea pungens, Colorado blue 

 spruce. 



14. Purple beech. 



15. Irish juniper and beds of herba- 

 ceous plants. 



IG. Vine-covered summer house. 



J. Wilkinson Elliott. 



PLAJJ FOR A LARGE CITY PLACE. 



Pittsburg, Pa. 



Its c.\clusiveness, but after the making of 

 ninny gardens I am still of the opinion 

 that privacy is one of their best qualities. 

 Mr. Caparn e.\plains his plan as follows: 

 "This plan is tor a place of average 

 shape and about two and a half acres in 

 area. The unusual location of house and 

 lines of walk will show that economy of 

 space is cp-ite consistent with convenience 

 and breadth of effect. Picturesqueness is 

 obtained by arrangement of planting, not 

 by meandering of sinuous ribbons of 

 gravel. Bj- placing the hous in the cor- 

 ner the greatest possible extent of un- 

 broken lawn space is secured, while the 



porch fronting the lawn is as private as 

 it could be on a place of this size. The 

 lawn runs up to the house unimpaired by 

 any stripes of arid pavement, and the 

 lines of the house are relieved only by the 

 creepers covering it ( Boston ivy on the 

 walls and clematises, wistarias and Hall's 

 honeysuckles on the porches) and the tall 

 conifers to the south of the house. 



"This kind of design is suited ouh' to 

 land level or approximately so, but with- 

 in those lines could be easily adapted to 

 many places. An ideal contour map 

 would show the lawn gently sloping from 

 all sides to the middle with the walks on 



fl SANDY KNOLL flS fl RESIDENCE SITB. 



I am thinking of purchasing a piece of 

 ground, covering two and one-half acres 

 outside of this city and erecting a building 

 thereon, suitable for a suburban home. 

 The land is a portion of a sandy ridge 

 or knoll, partly covered by medium sized 

 oak trees. The site offers a beautiful 

 location tor a house, as it is .several feet 

 higher than the surrounding land thus 

 ensuring perfect drainage at all times. 

 The knoll is composed of a fine yellow 

 sand of a depth in highest part, where the 

 house would stand, of about seven feet, 

 then tapering off" towards the rear to say 

 a toot or so, the whole piece being more 

 or less sandy. N w. what I want to 

 know is would you consider it a desirable 

 site? Is it possible to grow sod on such 

 land by covering it with a top dressing 

 of clay, and what depth of that vi-ould it 



