A PLEA FOR HARDY PLANTS 



placed midway in the lot and only 

 far enough away from the northern 

 boundary to permit of a screen of 

 planting. It is common to place 

 the house as nearly in the center 

 of the lot as possible, but it is a 

 mistake, for such a location reduces 

 the size of the lawn and the gar- 

 dening possibilities greatly. We 

 would occupy the entire southern 

 and western boundaries of the lot, 

 and perhaps a portion of the east- 

 ern, with the border, which should 

 vary in width from five or six feet 

 up to twenty feet, with a curved 

 outline on the lawn. This border 

 should be planted principally with 

 shrubs arranged in groups, but a 

 few trees, such as birches, magnolias 

 and Judas trees, should be used, 

 and a few evergreens, such as reti- 

 nosporas, and quite a number of 

 evergreen shrubs. Where a great 

 variety of hardy plants is desired 

 the entire margin of this border 

 might be filled with them, but a 

 more effective arrangement is to 

 plant them in bold groups, one 

 variety in a group, and alternate 

 them with groups of shrubs. Some 

 of the stronger-growing plants, such 

 as sunflowers, foxgloves, and single 

 hollyhocks, might be placed in the 

 middle or back part of the border, 

 and the Japanese lilies auratum, 

 rubrum, and album and our Ameri- 

 can species, superbum, can always 

 be planted in, and combined to ad- 



A\D HARDY 



