FITTING THE GARDEN TO THE HOUSE 



Against a House of Colonial Yellow 



VINES 



Wild grape {V. Labrusca). Bittersweet (Celastrus scandens). 



Actinidia (a peculiarly rich green — Clematis, 

 grows fairly well in the shade) . 



SHRUBS 



Any of the previous list, also Box (not close to walls). 



Japanese snowball {Viburnum Kerria Japonica. 



plicatum). 



It is best not to grow flowers directly against the house 

 unless with box borders and plenty of green and white. Keep 

 away red-foliaged maples, red geraniums, and bright purple 

 asters; keep away, too, evergreens of a bluish tinge, such as 

 the Colorado blue spruce. Anything of a bronze-green will 

 be charming. 



The Small Frame House Painted Dark Red 



VINES 



Actinidia. Japanese honeysuckle {Lonicera 



Boston or Japanese ivy (Ampelop- Halliana). 



sis tricuspidata or Veitchii). 



SHRUBS 



Box. Spiraea van Houttei. 



Rhododendron maximum. Magnolia stellata. 



Laurel. Lonicera Morrovni. 

 Andromeda floribunda. 



Such a house may be made to look charming in winter 

 with hedges of hemlock and its foundations hidden by soft, 

 rich evergreens, and window-boxes full of evergreens. Some 

 of the dwarf Japanese evergreens could be used. It will be 



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