CALIFORNIA GARDENS 



NO. 7 OLD-FASHIONED GARDEN 



The old-fashioned gardens were modest, 

 planned on the simple idea of using plants 

 that grew easily and naturally with perhaps 

 the slightest effort, and certainly with utmost 

 flowering. The materials which the old-time 

 gardeners used were few and unimportant. 

 They made borders of ready growing an- 

 nuals ; they planted shrubs which were easy 

 to cultivate and were content to transform 

 the homely back yard into a bower of bloom 

 and foliage. This plan shows a small garden 

 laid out on the lines of the old-fashioned gar- 

 dens, simple in design, abundant in flowering 

 shrubs and hardy plants. It is composed of 

 four rectangular beds bordered with box and 

 planted with brilliant flowering plants and 

 choice shrubbery. At the far end of the gar- 

 den is a little arbor almost hidden in flow- 

 ers and masses of shrubbery. A delightful 

 place where one can rest in quiet seclusion 

 and for a while forget cares and find renewed 

 energies. At the near end of the axial path, 

 directly opposite the pavilion, is a garden 

 seat flanked on either side by beautiful shrub- 

 bery. An arched rose bower near the inter- 

 section of the central path adds much to the 

 beauty of the garden. A border of hardy 

 perennials and shrubbery encloses the garden 

 on all sides, giving it the delightful feeling of 

 seclusion. The front lawn is planted with 

 choice flowers and shrubbery groups near 

 the porch and along the boundary. For de- 

 tails about the planting list, see pages 8 and 

 116. 



PLAN NO. 7 

 Size of Lot 40'x135' 



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