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POPULAR GARDENING. 



January, 



This tree is perfectly hardy with us. I 

 remember a fine large plant of it in the old 

 Hovey nurseries at Boston. It is a native 

 of the mountains of Carolina and Georgia. 

 But S. Virginica, the other American spe- 

 cies, is not hardy with us. It is indigenous, 

 to the coast regions from Virginia to Flor- 

 ida. It is rather humiliating to us that the 

 handsome Japanese Stuartia (S. pfcudo 

 CumcUia) sliould be brought to the notice of 

 the American people by the storm it raised 

 in Europe this year. 



To a genuine lover of plant life such a 

 method of utilizing a small space, and on a 

 plan in every way tasteful, should prove 

 most interesting. 



To assist those who may desire to adopt 

 this or a similar plan for their own yards, 

 we give below a list of superior hardy shrubs ' antha); July 



Wood Snowdrop {Anemone tsylvestris); April 

 and May. 



St. Bruno's Lily {Ant.tu:rit.vm liUastrum); May 

 and June. 



Columbine ( Aqtdk^la), double in variety; June. 



Columbine, caerulean {AquiUgia cttrulea); June. 



Columbine, Golden-spurred {AquiUyia chrys- 



and flowering plants, such as attain to a 

 size adapted to somewhat narrow borders 

 like these, and. [which can be procured at 

 first class nurseries. The limited lists given 

 are of the choicer kinds only, and these 



This plant blossomed in Veitch's nurseries might be supplemented by hundreds of other 

 London, last summer, for the first time in 



Europe, and was exhibited July aith last at 

 the meeting of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society of London. And what a fuss they 

 made of it, and how the papers lauded it 

 and illustrated it. And right here in New 

 York this plant has been grown and flow- 

 ered tor a dozen years. Well, it is just 

 another 'Case of lighting a candle and put- 

 ting it under a bushel. 



This shrub is the same thing that we 

 used to call Stuiirtia Jaixniicd. When we 

 get new plants from Japan, plants we know 

 nothing at all about, and about which we 

 cannot And out anything, we usually tack 

 on "Japonica" as a provisional specific 

 name till botanists decide about it and 

 tell us .vhat its right name is. True, this 

 often leads to much confusion afterwards. 



This Japanese Stuartia, hardier than 

 either of the American species, is a capital 

 grower and a comely shrub. It blossoms 

 late in June and in July. Its flowers are 

 white, smaller than those of S. pcntaqyiia 

 and the individuals only last a day in good 

 condition, but the plants keep in bloom for 

 about three weeks or longer. As a flower- 

 ing shrub it is not as showy as S. pentw- 

 (lyna, but as a fine leaved shrub it is by 

 ifar the best. It is well clothed, retains 

 its foliage into November, and its leaves 

 assume a deep, bright crimson tint in fall. 





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Gardening in Small Front Yards. 



Some Select Shrubs 



and Plants. 



Perhaps a majority of the front yards in 

 American towns and villages have a street 

 frontage of less than 40 feet wide, with a 

 depth'f rom the house to the street line falling 

 even below thismeasvire. Is it worth while 

 in such small plats to attempt any orna- 

 mental gardening beyond having a grass 

 plat and a few small flower beds? 



The annexed engraving patterned after 

 an actual example, should at once help to 

 answer this question. Here is a small front 

 area laid out on a graceful plan, which pro- 

 vides not only quite a fair proportion of 

 green sward, but also borders for holding 

 300 shrubs large and small and hardy plants, 

 besides many summer bedding plants. 

 There is also a vine covered arbor in the 

 front right hand corner. The features of 

 this admirable garden are indicated by let- 

 ters in the engraving as follows: a, entrance 

 to home; b. street entrance by the front 

 yard walk; e, street entrance to walk to rear 

 of house; d, vine covered arbor; f , walks; /, 

 grass; 9, small flower beds; h, small shrubs 

 and hardy flowers in borders; (, larger 

 shrubs in borders; .(, vine covered fence. 



What is especially commendable in this 

 plan is that the center with l)eing open and 

 occupied mainly with green sward tends to 

 impart an air of breadth and repose to the 

 scene, scarcely inferior to wliat it would be 

 if the hundreds of shrubs and plants of the 

 marginal borders were absent, while the 

 mere fact that these latter objects are pres- 

 ent, attracting the eye seems also to direct 

 attention from the actual size of the interior 

 part. In other words here is a plan for 

 making the utmost of a small area, and so 

 occupying the space with a diversity of ob- 

 jects as to lessen the idea of it small size. 





Plan for a Front Yard Garden, Showing how to 

 make much of a small area. 



hardy things, not to mention also the almost 

 1 endless number of annuals and tender 

 plants that are raised in greenhouses, all of 

 which might be of service in such a garden. 

 The season of greatest attractiveness of the 

 kinds named is also given. 



HARDY SHRUBS OF SMALL DIMENSIONS. 



Dwarf Mock Orange {Philadeliihus); June. 



Golden-leaved Mock Orange; June. 



Mountain Honeysuckle (ioiiicera); June. 



Dwarf Weigelas {DUinnUa); June. 



Golden UeU {Forttythia virvli&s-ima); spring. 



Sweet Scented Shrub {(alycanthus); June. 



American Ceanothus; June to August. 



Lilac Dwarf; May. 



Barberry in sorts {BerlierM; June. 



Berberry, Purple-leaved; June. 



Panicled Hydrangea; July and later. 



Flowering Currants {Rihea); spring. 



St. John's Wort (Hyperleum Kalmianumh J uly . 



Spira-a, Reeve's; June. 



Spiraja, Fortune's (S. callosa), rose and white; 

 all seasons. 



Spira'a, Plum-leaved (S. prunifolia); spring. 



Spiraea, Thunberg's (S. Thiuihergil); spring. 



Roses in large assortment; June, July. 



Azaleas, Hardy; Spring. 



Deutzias in variety; June. 



Waxberry {Symphoricarpus milgarhi); spring 

 and fall. 



Corchorus, Silver-leaved; all seasons. 



Mezeron Pink {Daphne Mczentm); early spring. 



Garland Flower (Drtpfi lit' Cnemttm); spring. 



EVERGREENS OF SMALL SIZE. 



Dwarf Spruces; all seasons. 



Dwarf Firs; all seasons. 



Dwarf Arbor Vita?s in large variety; all seasons. 



Dwarf Junipers; all seasons. 



Narrow-leaved Laurel; all seasons. 



Dwarf Yews; all seasons. 



Box {Bvxus) in variety; all seasons. 



Mahonia (Berberis aifuifolium); all seasons. 



CHOICE HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS. 



Daisy {BeUei» perennis); spring. 

 Spring Colchicum (Bulbocodtum vernum); 

 spring. 

 Campanulas in variety; summer. 

 Centaura Montana; May to July. 

 Valerian {Centi-anthus), red and white. 

 Crocus, Spring; early spring. 

 Crocus, Autumn (Colchicum Auttinrnalis). 

 Lily of the Valley (Convallaria); spring. 

 Crown Imperial {FritUlary); spring; 

 Larkspur (Delphinium} in variety; summer. 

 Sweet William (Dianthus); summer. 

 Pink Garden (Dianthusr. spring. 

 Pink Maiden (Diantlnts deltoiden), red and 

 white; 

 Bleeding Heart (Dicentra Spectablis); spring. 

 Gas Plant (Dictamnus fraxinella); summer, 

 Doronicum Caucaslcum; spring. 

 Dog's Tooth Violet (Erythronium); early 

 spring. 

 Epiloblum angustitollum; summer. 

 Winter Aconite (Erayithis hyemalis); spring. 

 White Snake Root (Euoatorium ageratoides); 

 summer. 

 Plantain Lily (Funkia} in variety; summer. 

 Galllardia arista ta (and others); July and later. 

 Snowdrop (Oalanthtis); early spring. 

 Gentian in sorts; spring to autumn. 

 Geranium maculatum, hardy; summer. 

 Echinacea intermedia; August. 

 Sun Flower (Helianthus), double, etc.; per- 

 ennial. 

 Christmas Rose (Hellebore) in sorts. 

 Day Lily (Hemerocallin) in sorts. 

 Liver Leaf {Hepatica tnloba): spring. 

 Hollyhocks; summer. 

 Hyacinths in assortment; spring. 

 Candytuft Perennial (Iberis); spring. 

 Grape Hyacinth (Muscaribotryoides); spring. 

 Forget-me-Not (Mj/osotfe). 

 Narcissus in assortment. 

 Star of Bethlehem (OrntthogaUim); spring. 

 Piponys in large assortment; June. 

 Oriental Popples (Papa ver orientalis); June. 

 Phloxes, creeping kinds; spring. 

 Phloxes, upright kinds; summer. 

 Platycodon grandlflorum and others; spring. 

 Polyanthus Primroses in variety. 

 Pansles in variety; spring and fall; 

 Buttercups (Ranunculus), double; spring. 

 Bloodroot iSanguinaria CaiuuUnxin); spring. 

 Saxifragas in variety; spring. 

 Sedums In sorts; summer. 

 Lychnis in sorts; early summer. 

 Goat's Beard (Splrcea anmcus); June. 

 Purity (Spiraa ulmaria); June. 

 Prince's Plume (Spircea lobata); June. 

 Tulips in sorts; spring. 



Spider Wort (Tradescantia); spring, summer. 

 Wake Robin (TriUium grandijlorum); spring. 

 Speedwell (reronica); spring. 

 Periwinkle (Vinca) in sorts; spring. 

 Violets (Viola) in sorts; spring. 

 What we have above alluded to and chosen 

 plants for, might well be called concentrated 

 gardening. It possesses advantages even to 

 those who, having large grounds, might 

 desire to set apart a portion of it to such a 

 purpose, namely, that the labor and expense 

 of preparation may be concentrated to a 

 smaller area, with the effect of making 

 it so much better. The writer has always 

 contended that if the work and fertilizers 

 put upon the average garden were to be 

 given to an area of one half the size, the 

 results would be more satisfactory. 



Monkshood (Aconitum) in variety; summer. 

 Milfoil (Achillea), Rose colored and yellow; 

 July to September. 

 Anemone, Japan, in variety; August to Oct. 



Some Winter Notes. 



E. P. POWELL, ONEIDA CO., N. Y. 



For some reason mulching is still the last 

 thing fruit growers will attend to. If they 

 could realize how great the advantage is 

 and how easily it can be applied they would 

 not neglect the work as they do. 



Mulching of any sort that shades the soil 

 serves to retain elements of fertility. A 

 bared soil from which nothing is taken is 

 always growing poorer. The moisture 

 secured by mulching disintegrates the soil 



