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House & Garden's 



LANDSCAPE PLANS for the SMALL PLACE 



Good Planting Effects Do Not Necessarily Entail Large Expenditures, as 

 These Two Schemes Serve to Demonstrate • 



PLANNING, building and framing a 

 home may Ije likened to creating, in a 

 small way, a new heaven and a new earth. 

 Especially is this the case with respect to the 

 garden, the magic circle alwut the home. 



Many an owner who has spared no e.xpense 

 on the house itself snaps the bands of his 

 pocketbook at the mere mention of beautify- 

 ing the lot; yet the setting should l>e worth} 

 the jewel. He is not stingy; he is simply 

 unaware of the latent possibilities with whicli 

 his plot of ground teems; that the initial out- 

 lay will return in enjoyment a larger dividend 

 than that derivable from a like amount ven- 

 tured commercially. It is not so much a 

 matter of money as of intelligent and well- 

 directed effort. 



Two problems are presented in this article, 

 which in each case represent actual conditions. 



The ideal manner of procedure is to plan 

 the house and grounds simultaneously. But 

 the usual way is to purchase a lot, build a 

 house on it and let the grounds take care of 

 themselves. 



In i>lan No. 1 is a house on a lot 60' by 

 120', and typical of the suburbs of a large 

 city. As the house is placed, the garage, 

 di-iveway and service entrance face the north. 

 The obvnously best arrangement is a simple 

 lawn at the rear which will serve as play 

 space for the children, drying yard upon oc- 

 casion, or a flower garden if desired. 



Since expense must be considered, all but 

 the roughest work in making a garden should 

 be done by the owners themselves. Here let 

 me emphasize the importance of thorough soil 

 preparation: Remove all gravelly subsoil to 

 a depth of 8" for grass, 18" for shrubs, 

 and 2' for flowers. Indeed, the entire 

 area should be prepared — rather than 

 holes dug for each individual plant — 

 by filling in with good loam with which 

 is incorporated one-fourth its bulk of 

 well-rotted manure. It is a waste of 

 money and effort to put plants into 

 poorly prepared soil. 



The back fence is constructed of 6' 

 by 6" posts strung with woven wire, and 



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Plan No. 1 is for a lot 60' .\ 120', the type generally joimd in suburban 



localities. The scheme for its development and for the development 



of the property on page 49 K'fls designed by Elizabeth Leonard Strang, 



landscape architect, ivho also contributes the text 



with a board along the bottom. It is entirely 

 screened by vines. In front of it are a num- 

 ber of Lombard}- poplars which help to 

 secure privacy until such time as the shrubs 

 attain the height of the fence. 



For these shrubs, in the spring, there is the 

 vivid yellow of fors}'thia. flowering cherry and 

 crab, choice hybrid lilacs, deutzia and peonies, 

 fragrant mock orange and lemon lily. In 

 summer are roses, taH white daisies, a maple 

 for shade, and a plum tree for fruit. In the 

 train of autumn come the snowljerr}-, high 

 bush cranberry, scarlet thorn, and red hips 

 of the Japanese rose. There is also the vivid 

 red foliage of Japanese barberry, sumac and 

 Mrginia creeper; the rich bronze of Viburnum 

 tomentosum, and the white flowering mass of 

 Clematis paniciilata. With winter come the 

 fruits of the barberry and thorn, the orange- 

 scarlet of the bittersweet and the green of 

 the evonymus. The latter also relieves the 

 barrenness of the north side of the house. 

 Here a hedge of undipped Kegel's privet 

 separates the driveway from the adjoining lot. 

 The front of the house looks particularly 

 well in winter. Here are some arborvitae, 

 and an edging of prostrate juniper. .Against 

 this green background in spring, the saffron 

 of the crocus, the forsythia and daffodils, 

 with a fe'v porcelain blue hyacinths, look 

 radiantly gay. This effect is succeeded by a 

 combination of white Spiraea Van Hoiitteii, 

 yellow iris, and lavender Darwin tulips. 

 During midsummer it remains a restful green, 

 to be enlivened in the autumn by the gold 

 and white of Japanese anemones. 



The flower border at the side of the porch 

 is made up of forget-me-nots, English 

 daisies, and early pink tulips, followed 

 by pink peonies and spirea, iris of violet 

 and purple and lavender-blue, and 

 May-llowering tulips of pink and prim- 

 rose. In June, early pink phlox I'Even- 

 ement contrasts with the larkspur. 

 Grapes shade the porch in late summer 

 and in the border are purple and gold 

 helenium, pink Japanese anemones, 

 and vellow button chr\-santhemum. 



PLANTING LIST FOR PLAN No. 1 



EVERGREENS 

 INDEX 



1. Thuua occidvntalif, American arborvitae. I plant, 3'-3^'. 



2. Thuya occntcnialtg var. Vervocneana, arborvitse. Com- 



pact, liold.s color in winter. 1 plant, l>r^-2' high. 

 :i. Thuya oci-iflt-ntalig var. bloboaa. Globe arborvitse. 2 plants, 



12" high. 

 4. JuniperuH hortJiontalia, dwarf juniper. 10 plants. I>/i'-2'. 



DECIDUOUS THKKS 

 J. Acer platanoidc». Norway maple. 3 plants. 8'-I0' high. 

 (J. Populus nwra var. Italica, Loinbardy poplar. Screen to 

 be removed as shrubs grow. 7 plants, 9 '-11' high. 



7. Plum tree (or other fruit), var. Abundance. Large araber 



fruit. 1 plant. 4'-5' high. 



8. pTunus Japonica fiorepteno, double rose-flowered cherrj'. 



I plant, 3'-4' high. 



9. Malus floribunda, flowering crab. Carmine buds opening 



to white, single. 1 plant, 3'-4' high. 



10. Crataeous corrinca, native scarlet thorn. Bed fruit In 



autumn. 1 plant, 3'-4' high. 



DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 



1 1. Vihurnum npulue, high bu^h cranberry. Wliite flowers. 



large rod fruit autumn and winter. 4 plants, 3'-4'. 



12. Vihurnum tomaitoaum, Japanese snowball. Dark bmnze in 



BUtunm protect in exposi-.l situations. 'i plants, 2'-3'. 



13. Ithus atabra. sumac. Vivid autumn red. 4 plants, 2'-3'. 



14. Philadelphua coronariua. fragrant muck orange. .* 



flowers in June. 4 plants, ."i'^' high, 



15. Forsythia Fortuneii, Golden bell. 2 plants. 3'-4' high. 

 If,. EvonymuH alntri, corki-barked evonymus. Vivid autumn 



red. pendant pink fruits. 3 plants, 4 '-5' high. 

 1 7. Spiroea Van Houteii. Van Houtle's spires. White mass, 

 funiis good background for Darwin tulips or iris. 3 

 plants, 2l^'-3%' high, 

 18. Syrinoa ruloarie, Ulac. (A) Souvenir de louis Spaethe. 1 

 plant. 2'-3' high; (B) President Grevy, bluish lilac. 

 1 plant. 2'-3' high; (C) Marie le Grays, large single 

 white. 1 plant, 2'-3' high: (D) Syringa Pe.rsim. Per- 



sian Ulac. 1 plant, 2%'-3%' high. 

 Berberis Thunbersii, Japanese barberry. Red color in au- 

 tumn and berries lasting until spring. 10 plants, IVa'- 



2' high. 

 Sytnphoricarpos TOfemosug, snowberry. Small shrub, good 



green-wliitc fruit in autumn. 3 plants. 2'-3' higti. 

 Ligustrum Ibota, var. Itegelianum, Regel's privet. A grace- 



fiii undipped hedge. 2' apart. 50 plants, 18"-24". 

 Rose, llarrison's Yellow. Old-fashioned double yellow 



n)se, blooms with larkspur. 1 plant, 3' high. 

 lioaa > uii'»<ii alba, wliite Japanese rose. Large red fruits 



in autumn. 4 plants, l%'-2' high. 

 Deutzin Lemoinei. hybrid deutzia. Smaller than spirea. 



good white background as well. 4 plants, 2'-2^' high. 

 VINES 

 Evonymus radicans, climbing evergreen evonymus. 1 4 



plants, 3 years old. 

 Ampelopsia Veitchii, Boston ivy. 2 plants, 3 years old. 

 Ampclopsis QuiriQuefolia, Virginia creeper. Vivid autumn 



red, 2 plarits, 3 years old. 

 Artinidia arguta, silver vine. Dark green foliage, very 



dense. 2 plants, 3 years old. 

 Ariglolochia Sipho. Dutchman's pipe. Immense green 



leaves, heavy growth, 2 plants, 2 years old. 

 CeUutrua srandenn, bittersweet. Scarlet and orange winter 



fruits. 3 plants. 2 years old. 

 Clrmatis pnnU'ulntit. Japanese Virgin's bower. Mantle of 



small white flowers in autumn. 1 plant 2 years old. 

 Lonircrn Halli^na. Hall's evergreen honeysuckle. Fragrani 



flowers, practically evergreen. 2 plants, 3 years old. 

 Grapes: Catawba, small red, very sweet; Salem, large red. 



2 plants 3 years old. 



BULBS (Spring) 

 Crocus, Mammoth Golden Yellow. 50 bulbs. 

 Hyacinth, porcelain blue. ii bulbs. 

 Narcissus, large yellow trumpet, mixed. 100 bulbs. 

 Early tulips. Cottage Maid. pink. 75 bulbs. 

 Darwin tulips. (A) Reverend Ewbank. lavender. 18 bulbs; 



(B) Moonlight, luminous yellow globes. 25 bulbs; (C) 



Clara Butt, salmon pink. 2J bulbs. 

 PERENNIALS (Spring) 

 3H. Myosotis alpestris. Blue forget-me-not. 15 plants, 8" apart. 



40. Bellii petennis. English daisy. Pink and white. 15 



plants. S" apart. 



41. lTi» Gcimanica, German iris. 12" apart. (A) Johan De- 



viitt, standards violet, falls purple, 10 plants; (B) 

 Darius, standards yellow, falls lilac. 10 plants; (C) 

 Pallida d'llnwtica. large porcelain blue flower, 10 plants 



42. Spiraea Chinensia, pink herbaceous spirea. 5 plants. 18" 



apart. 



PERENNIALS {Summer) 



43. Peony varieties. (A) Festiva maxima, large double white, 



flecked crimson; (B) Areas, single rose pink, 3 plants: 

 (C) Aibiftora, white single, golden stamens, 4 plants. 



44. Ilemerncallia tfaoa, early lemon lily. Blooms with mock 



orange. 10 plants, 15" apart. 



45. Delphinium. Gold Medal hybrids, larkspur, in tones of 



blue. 1 Plants. IS" apart. 



46. Fhlox varieties, 15" apart. {A) L'Evenement early 



pink, with the larkspur. 5 plants; (B) Elizabeth 

 Campbell. ?almon overlaid pink. 10 plants; (C) Jeanne 

 d'Arc. late-flowering, pure white. 

 4 7. Chrysanthemum uliginosum. Giant daisy. Individual flowers 

 like Shasta daisy, in tall clusters. 5 plants, 18" apart. 

 PERENNIALS (Autumn) 



48. Anevinne Japonica. Japanese anemone. 12" apart. (A) 



White, 15 plants: (B) Pink. 30 plants. 



49. Aatrr Novae- Angliae. royal purple New England aster. 



Tall, vigorous. 10 plants. 12" apart. 



50. Helenium autumnale, sneezeweel. Tall. shotv>'. the most 



glorious autumn yellow. 20 plants. 12" apart. 



51. Hardy chrysanthemum. .Small yellow button variety. G 



plants, 12" apart. 



ANNUALS 



52. Cosmos. Early pink and white. 6 plants. 2' apart. 



53. Calendulas. Sulphur yellow. 12 plants. 12" apart. 



54. Ageratum. Light blue. 24 plants. 8" apart. 



