PLAN FOR SUBURBAN LOT j^xiOo FEET 



It is usually thought the small suburban lot is unworthy of the landscape gardener's 

 skill; but I think the accompanying plan, which is for a lot 75 x 160 feet, or about one- 

 fourth of an acre of ground, proves the contrary. This plan gives what is not always 

 found in larger places — small but good lawn effects, a considerable variety of choice plants 

 and shrubj, changing effects from spring until fall, and oiatdoor privacy for the family and 

 its friends. 



The present plan ignores bedding plants, with the exception of the French cannas 

 against the front porch, and I am inclined to the opinion that Eulalia graciUima (that lovely 

 tall Japanese plumed grass,) with a border of Siebold's funkia, would be better and would 

 make the entire planting of a permanent character. The new French cannas, such as Mme. 

 Crozy and Alphonse Bouvier, are, however, despite their one fault of fading in hot sun- 

 shine, fine enough for any grounds, and their splendid coloring in September and October 

 reconciles us to their summer weakness. A disagreeable feature of almost every small place 

 is the use of four ugly turned posts for the clothes-line. These can be avoided by using 

 saplings of about eight inches in diameter, cut to a proper length, and the branches short- 

 ened to about five or six feet. These can be covered with such vines as trumpet creeper, 

 Chinese wistaria, or Hall's honeysuckle, and so arranged as to form part of the garden 

 design. 



EXPLANATION OF PLAN 



1. California privet hedge. 5. White birch. 



2. Border of hybrid perpetual roses and hardy 6. Single hollyhocks. 



herbaceous plants. 7. Rhododendrons, with Lil'ium auratum 



3. Scarlet maple. planted among them. 



4. Shrubbery, with groups of herbaceous 8. New French cannas, or Eulalia graciUima 



plants in margins. and Funkia Sieboldiana. 



