

CHAPTER VI 

 Half Acre and Quarter Acre Gardens 



THE less space there is the more important it becomes. Fig. 1 shows 

 how a lawn, rosery, Sweet Pea border, herbaceous border, vegetables; 

 herbs, ferns, flowering shrubs, and Gooseberries and Currants can be 

 arranged in a quarter acre of ground, and there can be fruit trees 

 trained upon the south fence or wall. Unfortunately most little 

 gardens are bounded by hedges ; this is one of the first defects that] 

 should be remedied as soon as the owner can afford to put up a fence, 

 for evergreen hedges rob the ground of much nourishment. The 

 Rose-covered espalier and pillars shown can be built out of Hop 

 poles, or even the thickest Bean, faggots ; semi-climbing Roses are! 

 best against the espalier ; arches could take the place of the pillars,; 

 but would obstruct the view from the house doors more. The ond 

 arch shown could support a Clematis as well as a Rose. Flowering] 

 shrubs of merit are the Snowberry Tree, Guelder Rose, Golden 

 Privet, Weigela rosea, Escallonia macrantha. A seat under the Rosej 

 arch would probably be found useful. Giant herbaceous plants 

 should not appear. Michaelmas Daisies, Pyrethrum uliginosumJ 

 Phloxes, Chrysanthemums will be tall enough to hide the vegetables 



A Grass Walk is the distinguishing feature of the garden,! 

 Fig. 2. When there is not much space for a lawn, a wide turf path oil 

 this sort looks beautiful, and if flanked by a mixture of evergreen 

 and flowering shrubs with front bordering of herbaceous dwarf, OP 

 semi-tall plants, will offer seclusion and originality combined. Hosts 

 of Pinks, Violas, Dianthuses, Arabises, Aubrietias, Iberises, Iceland 

 and Alpine Poppies, Polyanthuses, Auriculas, Forget-me-nots, Prim* 

 roses, etc., can be found space for among and before the shrubs. 

 The latter should include Deutzias, Spiraeas, Rhododendrons, 

 Azaleas, Brooms, Berberises, Weigelas, Cistuses, Escallonias, and 

 Veronicas. 



A Small Grass Plot is of service for showing off some standard 



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