58 A PLEA FOR HARDY PLANTS 



PLAN FOR A FIVE-ACRE PLACE 



This plan is for a rectangular piece of ground of about five acres, with one street 

 frontage. The conventional location of the house is as near the center of the grounds as 

 it is possible to get it, but the present plan contemplates placing the house in the south- 

 west corner of the grounds, about eighty feet from the street. The advantages of this loca- 

 tion are the extremely convenient arrangement of the grounds it admits of, and far greater 

 extent of unbroken lawn than if the house were placed anywhere near the center of the 

 plat. The one objection that might be urged against this unusual location of the house is 

 its nearness to the street; but this is overcome by the massed planting on the south line, 

 which makes the nearest point on the street from which the house is visible over two hun- 

 dred and fifty feet away. 



The treatment of the vegetable garden is quite important ; usually, even in quite ambi- 

 tious places, it is left fully exposed to the house and grounds. While a growing crop of 

 vegetables is not unsightly, it can hardly be claimed that it is a desirable landscape feature; 

 and the seasons and the necessary work of the garden keep it in a condition, for a large 

 part of the year, that had better be kept out of sight. This design encloses the garden 

 with a hemlock hedge, which I think is the most beautiful and satisfactory one that can be 

 grown in this climate. California privet makes a very fine hedge and can be grown to a 

 height of five or six feet in three seasons, and i; almost evergreen. Unfortunately, this 

 privet is not quite hardy in all localities. The design of the garden provides for vege- 

 tables, fruit (such as dwarf pears, grapes, and dwarf apples) and hardy and annual flowers 

 for cutting from early spring until November. In addition to the planting shown on the 

 plan, a row of trees is to be planted along the west line of the place, and the porches are 

 to be covered with vines. 



As I have said before, these plans can only serve to show some correct principles of 

 arrangement and planting. The plan for any given place must be specially made for it, 

 and all local conditions and limitations considered. 



EXPLANATION OF PLAN 



1. I, I. Massed planting of deciduous trees, 11. Magnolia Soulangeana. 



evergreens and shrubs, with groups of 12. Colorado bl-ue spruce and weeping 



strong -growing herbaceous plants in hemlock. 



the margins. 13. Nordmann's fir, oriental sprues, and 



2. Group of trees. Abies pendula. 



3. Border for single hollyhocks. 14. Tulip tree. 



4. Border of hybrid perpetual roses. 15. Pin oak. 



5. 8. Border of hardy plants, lilies, and 16. Specimen rhododendrons. 



spring-flowering bulbs. 17. Weeping beech. 



6. Border of summer-flowering bulbs. 18. Rose -flowered Japanese weeping cherry 



7. Border of annuals. (high grafted). 



9. Japanese maples. 19. Abies concolor and Picea excelsa. 



10. Magnolia stellata and golden yew. 20. Magnolia conspicua. 



