THE OLD-FASHIONED GARDEN 



colored maples, variegated evergreens, trees such as the weep- 

 ing mulberry {CatalpaBungeii}, Crimson Rambler roses, golden- 

 glow. Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora, and cannas. These 

 would spoil the atmosphere of an old-fashioned garden as 

 conclusively as a gas-range would spoil the effect of a Colonial 

 kitchen. 



Less belligerent, but still quite unsuitable if one is to make 

 a sure-enough old-fashioned garden, are the following, which, 

 although present in the earlier gardens, were there in a form 

 so modest that the modern representatives of the family would 

 hardly be known for the same plants: China asters, gladioli, 

 nasturtiums, pansies, phlox paniculata, sweet peag. 



Shrubs and Roses in Old Gardens 



Shrubs did not figure so conspicuously in the older gar- 

 dening as they do to-day. They were considered as objects 

 of art introduced into a garden with some care and circum- 

 stance. Most important were these: 



Barberry (Berberis vulgaris). Rose of Sharon — althea {Hibis- 



The common barberry. Not B. cus Syriacus). The single-flower- 



Thunbergii. ing kinds. 



Box. Syringa, mock-orange {Phila- 



Cornelian cherry (Cornusmas). delphits coronarius). 



Bridal-wreath {Spirwa pruni- Snowball. Viburnum opulus 



folia). (The newer Spirma van sterilis is the variety. Don't iise 



Houttei sometimes figures as the Japanese V. plicatum, which 



"bridal-wreath," but is, as St. is of later origin. 

 Paul said of science, "falsely so- Lilacs. Get the common lilac — 



called.") Syringa vulgaris — ^and the white. 



Sweet shrub, Carolina allspice S. vulgaris alba. 

 (Calycanthua floridus) . 



There were plenty of roses in the older gardens, and rose- 

 growing then was a simpler matter, for gardens and gardeners 



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