392 YARD AND GARDEN 



[The designs presented here are intended to assist the beginner. 

 While their real value lies in their suggestions, all are practical and, 

 if conditions admit of their use, can be followed in planting city 

 yards of similar shape and size. Only those plants that are haidiest* 

 and easiest raised are advised.] 



DIAGRAM ILLUSTRATING BORDER-PLANTING 



Mixed Border of Shrubs and Hardy Herbaceous Plants, Arranged 



According to Height, Color of Bloom and -Season of 



Flowering: — 



No. on Quantity Name 



diagram required 



1 18 Aster alpinus 



2 20 Campanula Carpatica 



3 20 AlyssuKi saxatile, var. compactum 



i 10 Achillea Ptarmica, var. " The Pearl " 



5 10 Campanula latifolia, var. macrantha 



G 6 Spiraa Van Houttei 



7 4 Forsythia suspensa, var. Fortunei 



8 6 Hydrangea paniculata, var. grandiflora 



9 2 Syringa vulgaris (lilac) 



10 5 Diervilla hybrida, var. Eva Rathke 



11 4 Yucca aiamcntosa 



12 10 Iris Icevigata (KcEtnpferi') 



13 10 Iris Germanica 



14 15 Hypericum Moserianum 



15 20 Statice latifolia 

 1^ 12 Peonies 



1"^ 211 Phlox paniculata 



1^ 12 Erigeron speciosus 



1^ 24 Platycodon grandiHorum 



*0 13 Aruncus (Spircua) astihoides 



~^ ^^ Spiraa Aruncus iAruncus Sylvester) 



g^ l** Althaa rosea 



^^ ^^ Boltonia latisquama 



pe ^ Bocconia cordata 



■^^ " Delphinium hybridum 



