GARDEN GUIDE 



Actual layout of a backyard garden 

 fenced, on lot 30x100 ft. Standard 

 Apple, Plum and Pear trees were 

 planted around the divisional 

 fences. They did not unduly shade 

 the hardy flowers. The smooth 

 gravel path terminated in an arbor, 

 over which Roses, Ivy and Clematis 

 grew. Rhododendrons, evergreens, 

 hardy Heaths, Viburnums, etc., 

 with bulbs between, were used on 

 the right hand border. There was 

 a sun parlor at the back of the 

 house. The garden lay due south 



they are terribly depressing to the 

 great majority of us, besides being, 

 one should imagine not conducive 

 to health. Light, air, freedom, are 

 good watchwords for the builder and 

 planner. 



Character can be given to an 

 entrance by simply having two 

 ornamental pillars built there, with 

 possibly an iron arch over them. 

 If this is planted with creeping vines 

 and is supported at the sides with 

 groups of evergreens, it adds wonder- 

 ful dignity and seeming value to the 

 property. 



While winding paths or drives 

 are graceful, they should not ' be 

 made meaninglessly, but are in order 

 where the ground slopes a little or 

 dips, or where irregularity exists. 

 Certainly these can always be added 

 or made in order to get the curved 

 line. Even in small places, as cm- 

 plans show, the swinging line of 

 beauty can be had. Straight paths 

 may, however, be more convenient, 

 and can still be tasteful and harmo- 

 nious. They are undoubtedly neat. 



No book can tell the reader 

 exactly what may be the best arrange- 

 ment for his garden or property. 

 Every garden should have a character 

 of its own, and generally does, unless 

 in the case of the very smallest, 

 where nearly all opportunity for 

 variety is extinguished; yet it is re- 

 markable what can be done on a 

 quarter or an eighth of an acre. 

 We have often seen plots of 30 ft. x 

 100 ft. laid out with much variety 

 and taste, and which were full of 

 interest. In those towns and cities 

 of our own country, and in the old 



