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POPULAR GARDENING. 



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The place is about half an hour's ride from 

 town, where the owner is daily engaged in 

 business. It thus afifords needed recreation 

 grounds for the owner and his family in the 

 hours not occupied with business. 



Generally stated, the improvements we 

 would suggest for the place are some ample 

 lawn areas, extended vistas, graceful walks 

 and drives, and a good assortment of 

 deciduous and evergreen trees, shrubs, 

 flowers, etc., throughout, besides a large 

 vegetable and fruit plat. 



It was learned that the railway station 

 lays in a right-hand direction from the 

 grounds, hence the drive and one walk 

 leading from the residence to the street 

 were well curved in this direction to 

 save distance. Another walk leads to 

 the left for accommodating those going 

 to or coming from that direction. The 

 Oak tree (28) stands finely for forming 

 the center of a turning circle in the 

 driveway, and this should occupy the 

 middle of a grass plat to be defined by 

 the drive. The walk rearwards, which 

 formerly was straight, may have a slight 

 though graceful curve that not only will 

 make it more beautiful, but will be the 

 means of providing a grass area of desir- 

 able boldness to the front of the stable, 

 and to be occupied by shrubs, trees and 

 flowers at 5.5 to 58. 



A vine arbor was desired by the owner. 

 This we would locate in the part of the 

 front grounds to the right of the center, 

 for the reason that our subscriber indi- 

 cated this as being the highest point on 

 his grounds, and commanding beautiful 

 views of the lake and surrounaing coun- 

 try. The fitness of providing a resting 

 place at such a point, both for contem- 

 plating the scenery without and within 

 the garden, was quite apparent. 



In accordance with our subscriber's re- 

 quest, that we provide a list of suitable 

 planting stock for rendering his grounds 

 attractive, and also, if convenient, that 

 we should indicate the location of the 

 different kinds, we have at some pains 

 complied with these desires. The indi- 

 vidual trees, groups and beds located 

 throughout the front grounds have been 

 numbered on the map, and a list of the 

 kinds we would suggest here follows, the 

 numbers showing the place of each on 

 the grounds: 



1. One Scai\et Oak (Querciis coccinea); one 

 AmericaD or Trembling Aspen (Populus trem- 

 uloides). 



2 One Common Hickory (Carya albai. 



3. One White Pine iPiims strohug.) 



I. One Wbite or Weymouth Pine. 



5. One Double White-flowered Horse- 

 chestnut {Acsculit^ hiiJijocastinum vai\ alba 

 flore plena). 



B. Three Mountain Ash-leaved Spirsea 

 (Spirece eorbifnlia). 



7. One Snowy Mespilus (Amclanchier Bolry- 

 apium); two Judas Tree or Red Bud (Cercis Can- 

 odensts): hardy flowers. 



8. Three Dwarf Variegated-leaved Weigela 

 {Diervilla nana follU va/riegata), 



9. Three Holly-leaved Mahonia (Berberls ac- 

 quifnlium). 



10. Two Siberian Arbor Vita" (Thiija x'ar. Si- 

 hcrica); three Globe-headed Arbor Vitip (r?iii,)a 

 var. globoea); three Red Cedar {Juniperua Vit- 

 yimana); one Gray-leaved Juniper (Juniperus 

 var. glauca). 



11. Nine Plumed Hydrangea {Hydrangea pan- 

 iculata grandiflora). 



li. One Cut-leaved Weeping Hirch (Betula); 

 one European Larch lian'j), three Norway 

 Spruce (Abies excelsa); three Austrian or Black 

 Pine (Pfnus Augtriaca); two Hemlock Spruce 

 (Abies Canadengig). 



13. Two Alcock's Spruce (^bicy Alcocquiana). 

 Three African Tamarisk [Tamarij: Afi-i- 



two English or Corked-barked Maple (.Actr cam- 

 pestris). 



19. One Wier's Cut-leaved Maple. j 



20. Three Calycanthus (Cahjranthus Floridws). 



21. One Tulip tree ( Llnodendron tulip'fera); 

 one Oak-leaved Mountain Ash (Pynis qiterci- 

 folia ; one European Linden {TiUa Europair); 

 one Paulownia Imperialis; two Japan Aralia 

 (Aralia Japo7iiea); one Garden or European 



PLAN OF GROUNDS IN THE COUNTRY. 



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 cams. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 



Six Norway Spruce (Abie!< excelsa). 



Three Tew [Taxus var. erecta). 



Six White Spruce (Abies alia). 



One Norway Maple [Acer plantanoides); 



Oleaster lEleagnus BnrtensUs). 



22. Three Lilacs in variety (Syringa). 



23. Five Thunbeig's Spira-a (Spircca Tliun- 

 bergii); five Double-flowering Plum-leaved 

 Spirisea (S. j»iini/o!io.; three Altha?a or Rose of 

 Sharon (Hihixciiii). 



24. One Cut-leaved Weeping Birch (Betula). 



25. Three Red-branched Dogwood (Cornmf 

 sanijuinea); three Japan or Dwarf Snowball (Vi- 

 burnum plicatum). 



2B. Six Weigela in variety (Diert'i!(a): three 

 Forsythia or Golden Bell (Forsythia Fortioieii). 



27. Four Varigated Cornelian Cherry (Cornus 

 mascula variegata); six Purple-leaved Berberry 

 (Berberis Europicus atropurpniieum). 



29. One Spring Adonis (Adonis vernaHs); one 

 Wind-flower (^4 iiemoncJ'aponica); one White and 

 Ca?rulean Blue Columbine (Aquilegia ea-ndea); 

 one Bell Flower, Peach-leaved Campanula (C. 

 persi^:ifoli(i); one Double Bell Flower (Cam. car. 

 euronata); one Narrow-leaved Lungwort (Pul- 

 monarta anguntifolia); one Meadow Sweet, 

 Goat's IBeard (Spircea aruncus); one Meadow 

 Sweet, Queen of the Prairie (S. venusta): one 

 Meadow Sweet, Purity (S. Ulmaria), one Sweet 



Violet (Fioia odorcita); si.v Perennial Phlox. 



30. Three Ailantbusalandulosa. 



31. One River's Purple-leaved Beech (Fagua 

 var purpurea RiversiiK 



32. One River's Purple-leaved Beech. 



33. One Soulange's Magnolio (Magnolia Sou- 

 tarifieana), 



34. Six Mock Orange or Syringa in variety 

 (Philadelphus). 



.35. Two Rough-leaved Viburnum (Vibur- 

 /lum nigusa). 



35. Three Mountain Ash-leaved Spiffea (S, 

 sorbffoUa) . 



30. Two Plumed Hydrangea (Hydrangea 

 paniculata grandiflora); one Double-flower- 

 ing Deutzia (Deutzia var. fore pleno). 



37. Flower bed. 



.38. Two Pyramidal Birch ( Betula alba fast i- 

 gata) two European Larch (Larix); two Red 

 Buc]ieye (Aesculus pavia rubi-ay, one Double- 

 flowering Purple Deutzia (D, var. purpurea 

 pleno); three Reeve's^or Lance-leaved Spiraea 

 (.S. Reevesiana); three Douglas' Spiraea (S. 

 Douglasii); three Alder leaved Cletbra (CJe/ftro 

 alnifolia). 



39. Six Purple-leaved Plum {Prumis Pis- 

 sardi). 



40, Two Lombardy Poplar (Populus fasti- 

 gaia). 



42. One Red Buckeye (Aesculus pavia rubra.) 



43. One Weeping Tooth-leaved Poplar 

 (Populus grandidenta penduld). 



44. One Sycamore Maple. 



45. One Bird Cherry. 



46. One Red Oak (Quercus rubra). 



47. One Laurel or Shingle Oak (Quercus 

 imbricaria). 



48. Four Norway Spruce (Abies excelsa). 



49. One Black Walnut (Juglans nigra); 

 one American Wbite or Weeping Elm (Utmus 

 Americana); one Red Buckeye (Aesculus 

 pavia rubra). 



50. One Austrian Pine. 



51. Three Honeysuckle or Tartarian Bush 

 in variety (Lonicera); one Double-flowering 

 Plum* (Prxtnus triloba); two Scarlet Japan 

 Quince (Pyrus). 



.52. Six Weigela in variety (Diervilla). 

 53. Twelve Roses and hardy flowers. 



55. Greenhouse flowers. 



56. One Sumach, Purple Fringe or Smoke 

 Tree (Rhus cotinus). 



57. Three Billard's Spirea (S. Billardi). 

 .58. Apple tree. 

 59. Ampelopsis, Pepper Vine (.Ampelopsis 



Bipinnata); one Chinese Wistaria (Wistaria 

 sinensis); one Scarlet Trumpet Honeysuckle 

 ( Lonicera sempervirens); one Canadian Honey- 

 suckle (L. var. Canarfejisi's); one Hall's Japan 

 Honeysuckle (L. Halleana); one Monthly 

 Dutch Honeysuckle (L. var. Belgica); two 

 American Trumpet Vines (Tecoma radicans); 

 three Jackman's Clematis (C Jackmanii); one 

 Dutchman's Pipe ( Aristolochia sipho). 

 61. Two Pear trees. 

 62 to 65. Small Fruits. 

 67. Native trees, shrubs and flowers. 

 Plant Virginian Ampelopsis and Veitch's 

 Ampelopsis against buildings. 



Plant Akebia quinata, Chinese Wistaria, 

 Hall's Japan Honeysuckle and Dutchman's 

 Pipe at verandah pillars. 



The vine walk at .59 it is designed to 

 have spanned by arches made of gas pipe 

 and connected at the sides with galvan- 

 ized wire, all to be covered in time with the 

 climbers. The same walk might pass be- 

 tween two rows of Grape vines throughout 

 its distance beyond the ornamental part, 

 thus virtually making it a vine walk for 

 nearly its entire length. 



Of the vistas indicated by letters, A. B. C. 

 are landscape views; E. F. G. H. lake views. 

 I. Delightful view from dining-room over 

 the lawn to arbor, with shrubs on each side. 

 This course might be termed the " Shrub- 

 bery walk," if desired, in which case a few 

 more shrub clumps might be introduced. J. 

 View of arbor from ainsand vice versa. 

 In designing the groups the making of 9 

 to 18 largely Pines, Norway Spruce, and 

 other easily grown evergreens, partly as a 

 protection to the house from north winds 

 is favored. Likewise plant deciduous trees 

 quite heavily in the direction 16 to 24; the 

 idea being to open up delightful views of 

 the lake between.the foliage of the trees. 



