PLAN FOR SUBURBAN LOT, continued 



9. Retinispora plumosa aurea and Andromeda floribunda. 



Retinispora is to be kept sheared to not over 

 three and a half feet high. 



10. Japan maples. 

 Magnolia stellata. 

 Magnolia conspicua. 



Posts covered with vines for clothes-line. 

 Pavilion. 

 15. Low stone wall, partly covered with vines (tropae- 



olums). 



In addition to planting shown in plan, three pin oaks 

 are to be planted between the side-walk and curb. 



PLAN FOR HARDY PLANT 

 BORDERS 



The accompanying plan is designed to be used on 

 both sides of a walk. These borders would be equally 

 suitable for placing in front of a wall or hedge. The 

 walk, instead of being gravel, might be one of grass, 

 making the entire space between the borders grass, 

 and this would be much more effective. 



As hardy borders are intended to be permanent, 

 the initial preparation of the soil should be liberal. 

 The border should be dug out to the depth of two 

 feet, preferably two and one-half feet, and filled with 

 all good surface soil mixed with one-fourth its bulk 

 of thoroughly rotted stable manure. After planting, 

 the border should be mulched with two inches of 

 stable manure late every fall, care being taken that 

 the tops of no evergreen plants are covered, as it 

 would cause them to rot. 



Borders planted as shown in plan will give a suc- 

 cession of bloom from early spring until fall, but the 

 hardy plants and bulbs should be supplemented by 

 plantings of annuals, such as Shirley poppies, Phlox 

 T)rummondii, nasturtiums, sweet alyssum, and asters, 

 and the narrow strip for bulbs in front of the bor- 

 ders might be planted entirely with forget-me-not, 

 which would not interfere at all with the growth or 

 bloom of the bulbs. 



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