16 BOOK OF GARDEN PLANS 
erty line will be enough; they will give shelter for a hammock or a few 
chairs, and throw shadows upon the lawn. A smaller lot will allow of no 
more than one tree. The first thought would be to get Poplars, but more 
permanent and equally quick-growing trees are available. One Sugar 
Maple for shade, a Catalpa for shade and flowers, and two Ailanthus in the 
rear for leaf effect will suffice for the present. Other trees, as White 
Ash, Honey Locust, Oriental Plane, Pin Oak, European Linden, English 
Oak, and Norway Maple, are excellent trees for urban conditions, but do 
not forget that they require room, and that more than four or five trees 
will crowd the lot. No evergreens are suggested, as they require room at 
the base, and they are too expensive for the sum at present allowed. 
The shrubs planted are neither to shut in the lot nor to shut out the 
surroundings. We shall merely partially hide the house foundations, and 
in places mask the lot line, using inexpensive and easily obtained material. 
In front, Thunberg’s Spirea will keep close to the foundations; while the 
most excellent Van Houtte’s Spirea will shut out the kitchen entrance. 
The rear porch, where visible from the street, may be softened by one of 
the later Spireas, as the Japanese or Bumald’s. 
The east side of the house particularly shows a bare base from the street. 
If the first-floor windows are high try Flowering Currant and Bladder 
Senna for interesting flower and fruit effects; if lower shrubs are needed, 
try the Slender Deutzia (Deutzia gracilis) and the Japanese Rose (Kerria 
japonica). Along the street a few small masses of Japanese Barberry or 
similar low shrub will set off the lawn from the street—a hedge is too 
‘formal. The southeast corner may be emphasized by a small group of 
Common Barberry, High Bush Cranberry, Snowberry, or other dense 
shrub with winter berries; for this planting we have chosen Barberries. 
At the rear of the lot, since the other lots are not attractive, groups of 
Aralia and Sumac will give a pleasing leaf effect and break the level of the 
soil surface. These should be faced down with a few easily grown low 
shrubs, as represented by the Flowering Raspberry. A small group of 
Hydrangea near the centre of the east line will fill the break in the Su- 
macs when seen from the street approach, while a few Weeping Golden 
Bells to the back of the rear porch will be in line with the other break in 
the rear planting, and give privacy to the porch itself. Japanese Privet 
will hide the clothes reel when it is in use. 
A few vines may well be placed upon the house as it has no fine archi- 
tectural details that would be hidden. Dutchman’s Pipe, Bittersweet, or 
any of the Grapes will quickly shade the rear porch, while the closed 
porch in front may have Dorothy Perkins or other climbing rose and the 
Panicled Clematis upon the posts, and Virginia Creeper as a screen to 
keep out the sun. 
We have placed upon the lot about all for which there is room. With 
