Book of Gardens 



Plan No. 2 is 

 adaptable to almost 

 an}- lot or house 

 plan. The land 

 drops abruptly. 

 awa}' at the back, 

 affording an op- 

 portunity for a 

 garage and billiard 

 room in the base- 

 ment. From win- 

 dows above, one 

 gets the effect of a 

 sunken garden, its 

 square, formal 

 shape seeming to 

 belong to the Eng- 

 lish style of brick 

 house. The walks 

 are of grass; the 

 hedge of clipped 

 privet; the benches 

 simple home-made 

 ones of wood ; the 

 bird basin in the 

 center a square 

 pedestal of brick 

 with shallow con- 

 crete basin. The 

 circular seat at the 

 end may be con- 

 structed at home of 



brick and concrete, or one of the better type 

 of white wood garden seats arched with an 

 arbor of wrought iron and netting. 



The garden is joined to the house by un- 

 dipped overhanging branches of privet. Since 

 the living room windows are so far above, there 

 can be no entrance from the house on the main 

 axis, but a flight of stairs from the main floor 

 leads down to a garden door. 



Within the garden, a walk separates the 

 beds from the hedge, planned thus from the 

 purely utilitarian purpose of keeping its roots 

 from robbing the flowers. Like the pictured 



No. 2 is adaptable to almost any lot or house plan 



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Elizabethan gar- 

 dens, the beds 

 should be a mass 

 of color from earli- 

 est spring until 

 late fall. 



In spring the 

 hemlock, red maple 

 blossoms, tender 

 green of the larch, 

 misty yellow of the 

 spice bush, scarlet 

 Japanese quince 

 and snowy ame- 

 lanchier outside 

 the hedge, bid a 

 fair morning to the 

 narcissus, early 

 tulips, grape hya- 

 cinths and arabis 

 within. 



The procession 

 never halts. Pres- 

 entl}- come white 

 lilacs, flowering 

 crab, wistaria, the 

 whole splashed by 

 the delicate tints of 

 the Darwin tulips. 

 Here are iris, col- 

 umbine, lilac-blue 

 Phlox divaricata ; 

 Sweet William, foxglove and peonies; helenium 

 and light blue asters ; and last the showy yellow- 

 chrysanthemums. 



Across the front of the house dwarf ever- 

 greens and vines are used sparingly, because, 

 owing to the low foundation, too much plant- 

 ing would ruin the effect. The lawn in front 

 is framed by an apple tree, two specimens of 

 Cercidiphyllum, white fringe, spirea, forsythia 

 and barberry. 



Two buckthorns meet over the ser^-ice walk, 

 and a tall hedge of undipped privet success- 

 fullv conceals the drvins; vard at the side. 



PLANTING LIST FOR PLAN No. 2 



EVERGREENS 

 American hemloel^ 



1 plant, 4'-4»^' 

 1 plant, 5'-6' high. 



INDEX 



1. Tmoa canadensis, 



high. 



2. Lasix Enropaea, European larch. 



3. Pinus nwntana, var. Muglms, Mugho pine, dwarf. 6 plants. 



12"-15" high. 



4. L&uc-othoe Catesbei. Uly-of-the-valley shrub. Broad leaved 



evergreen, small white flowers. 2 plants. I'-I^' high. 



DECIDUOUS TREES 



5. Acer snccharum. sugar maple. Larger than Norway maple. 



9 plants, S'-IO' high. 



6. Acer rubnun, red maple. 1 plant. 6'-S' high, 



7. Apple. 1 plant. 5'-6' high. Alternative choice: Northern 



Spy. red winter variety; Rhode Island Greening, large 



winier variety ; Fameuse or snow apple, hand.some red 



autumn variety. 

 S, Peach. 2 plants, 4'-5' high. Crawford's Early, yellow 



freestone, August; Elberta, later yellow. 

 !*. Cherry. 2 plants. 4'-5' high. Black Tartarian os-heart ; 



Yellow Spanish. 

 1 fi. Quince. Champion. Large yellow. 1 plant, 4'-5' high. 



11. Cercidiphyllum iaponicum, handsome specimen trees, gray 



bark, smooth leaves, purplish when young. 2 plants, 

 4'-6' high. 



12. Malus lojiaisis var. Bcchtelii, double p:nk flowering crab, 



very fragrant. 1 plant, 3'-4' high. 



13. MgIuh Scheideckeri. double flower'ng crab, shapely habit. 



rose color. 1 plant 3'-4' high. 



14. fihamuHS cathartUa. 2 plants. 2i4'-3H' high. 



DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 



15. Amelanchier coniidensis, shad bush. Very early white 



flowers, edible fruit in June eaten by birds. 5 plants, 

 ■2'-3' high, 4' apart. 



16. Benzoin aestivnle. spice bush. Very early yellow flowers. 



3 plants, 2'-3' high, 4' apart. 



17. Forsuthia intermedia, golden bell. 10 plants. 3'-4' high. 



3' apart. 

 IS. Cliionanthus Viraitu^a. white fringe. Flowers in May. foli- 

 age good. 1 plant, 2'-3' higli. 



19. Ligustrum Ibota, hardy Japanese privet. Undipped, 26 



plants. 4 '-5' high, 3' apart ; clipped for hedge, a 4 

 plants, 2'-3' high, 2' apart. 



20. Viburnum opulus, high bush cranberry. 4 plants, 3'-4' 



high, 4' apart. 



21. Cydonin japonica. Japan QUince. Select some of the pink 



hybrids if scarlet is not desired. 4 plants. 2'-3' h g .. 

 3' apart. 



23. 

 24. 

 25. 

 2 6. 

 2 7. 

 2S. 



2 9- 

 30. 

 31. 



32. 

 33. 



34. 



35. 



3G. 

 37. 



33. 



39. 



40. 

 41. 



Spiroea. Ua« Hotittei, Van Houtte's spirea. 9 plants. 2'-3' 

 high, 3' apart. 



Eronymus alatus. cock-barked evonymus. 3 plants. 2'-3' 

 high, 4' apart 



Philadelphus rirm}di1ioius, 

 orange. 4 plants, 3'-4' 



the tallest variety of 

 high, 4' apart. 



Syrintja vulgaris, var. alba, common white lilac. Grows 

 taller than the purple. S plants, 2'-3' high. 4' apart. 



liibes aureum^ flowering currant. Early, intensely fragrant 

 yellow flowers. 6 plants 2'-3' high, 3' apart. 



Rosa rugosa, 

 nese rose. 



var. Blanche de Coubert, double white Japa- 

 20 plants l%'-2' high, 2' apart. 



Berheris Thunbergii. Japanese barberry. Undipped 

 masses. 17 plants. l^'-2' high. 2' apart. 



Evonymus radicans, climbing evergreen evonymus. Clings 

 to brick. S plants, 3 years old. 



Schizofragina hydrangeoides, climbing hydrangea. Clingi 

 to brick and stone. 6 plants, 2 years old. 



Ampelopsis heterophylla. turquoise vine. Exquisite blue 

 and purple berries, grape-like leaf. 3 plants, 2 years 

 old. 



Ampelopsis Veitcliii, Boston ivy. 8 plants, 2 years old. 



Hall's honeysuckle, 2 plants, 3 years 



honicera Halliana 

 Old. 



Climbing rose. Silver Moon, 

 4" pot. 



Grape. Moore's Early, 

 years old, 8' apart. 



Wistaria Chinensis, purple wistaria, 2 plants, 



Celaslrus scandens, bittersweet. 2 plants, 2 



Large single white. 8 plants. 



Large blue variety. 3 plants, 2 



4 years old. 

 years old. 



BULBS (Spring) 



Among evergreens across 

 In flower gar- 



Crocus Mammoth Golden Yellow. 



front of house. 200 bulbs. 

 Muscari botryo-ides. blue grape hyacinth. 



den at foot of hedge. 200 bulbs. 

 Narcissus Sir Watkin. large yellow trumpet. 100 bulbs. 

 Early tulips. (A) Duke of Albany, very early pink, 50 



bulbs around circle back of arabis and nepeta; (B) 



Princess Wilhelmina, deeper pink, 50 bulbs around 



peonies : ( C) Goldfinch, pure yellow, 5 bulbs near 



Japanese iris. 

 Darwin tulips. Selected varieties of lavender, rose and 



pink. 100 bulbs near outer corners of beds. 



PERENNIALS (Spring) 



43. Arabis alpina, white rock cress. 40 plants, 12" apart. 



44. Aiyssum saxatile. Golden tuft. Vivid yellow for accents. 



S plants. 



45. Iris pallida, large porcelain blue iris. 40 plants, 12" 



apart. 



46. Dicksonia punx-tHoba. hay-scentefl fern. Sun or shade. 



IS plants, 12" apart. 



47. Aquilesia hybrids, hybrid columbines. Pink and cream. 



2 plants, 12" apart. 

 43. Pliiox divari<:ata, wild Sweet William. Large, fragrant, 

 lilac-blue. 15 plants, 12" apart. 



PERENNIALS ( Summer) 



49. Heucliera sangiiinea. coral bells. Small red flowers on 



slender red stems, bloom all summer, leaves evergreen. 

 15 plants, 12" apart. 



50. Digitalis gloxinoeflora, foxgloves. Mixed carmine pink and 



white. 55 plants, 12" apart. 



51. Dianthus barbatus, white Sweet William, Take up after 



blooming and replace with pink verbenas. 8 plants, 

 8" apart. 



52. Paeonia. var. rosea elegaiis, peony. Double rose, creamy 



center. 4 specimen plants. 



53. Papaver orientate, red Oriental poppy. 2 5 plants, 15" 



apart, 



54. Nepeta Mussini. mint. Mauve flowers,- gray leaves, excel- 



lent for edging. 15 plants. 12" apart. 



55. Delphinium hybrids, larkspur. 32 plants. 13" apart. 



56. Oenothera Missouriensis, Missouri primrose. Large solitary 



yellow flowers useful as accents. 6 plants. 12" apart. 



57. Finikia lanceolata. lavender day lily. Late, blooms in 



September. 1 5 plants, 12" apart. 



58. Anthrmis tinrtoria, chamomile. Yellow daisy, lasts all 



summer. 1 2 plants, 18" apart. 



59. Iris Kaempferi, Japanese iris. Lavender. 25 plants. 12" 



apart. 

 60 Phlox varieties. 15" apart. (A) Jeanne d'Arc. late pure 

 white. 40 plants: (B) R. P. Slruthers. vivid coral red. 

 20 plants; (C) F. G. von Lassburg, large white, 10 

 plants. 



PERENNIALS ( Autumn ) 



61. Helfniiim autumnale, yellow sneezeweed. 12 plants, 12" 

 apart. 



62, Aster Feltham Blue. Medium height, large masses porce- 



lain blue flowers. 40 plants. 1' apart. 

 63 Hardi- chrysanthemums, aster-flowered variety Etoile dOr. 

 vivid yellow. 40 plants. 12" apart. 



