6 PRACTICAL LANDSCAPE GARDENING 



CHAPTER VII 

 The Flower Garden 



Classification of Gardens— Garden Dimensions and Design— Garden 

 Entrance— Garden Background— Garden Enclosures— Height of Garden 

 Enclosures— Garden Walls— Gray Sandstone Walls — Coping — Brick Walls — 

 The Stucco Wall— Dry Stone Walls— Hedges — Retaining Walls — Garden 

 Steps— Piers— Walks and Beds — Width of Walks— Materials for Walks — Turf 

 Walks — Brick Walks — Red Gravel — Stepping Stones — Flagstones — Slate — 

 Tanbark — Borders — Garden Beds, vVidth — Preparing Garden Beds — Humus — 

 Floral Treatment — Bulbs — Annuals — Hardy Shrubs — Evergreens — Treatment 

 of Gardens Constructed on More than One Level — Planting Around Garden 

 Enclosures — Water in the Garden. 



CHAPTER VIII 



Architectural Features of the Garden 



Sundials — Bird Baths — Fountains and Pools — Depth — Construction — 

 Pool Coping — Water Supply and Drainage — Garden Pools with Fountain 

 Heads — Planting Near Garden Pools — Plants in the Pool — The Plants — 

 Fish — Swimming Pools — Water Supply — Garden Seats — Garden Houses — 

 Pergolas — Floors — Color of Wooden Garden Features. 



CHAPTER IX 



Hardy Borders and Rose Gardens 



Perennial Borders — Location of Hardy Borders — Avoid Borders Next to 

 a Hedge — Turf Edge for Beds — Borders Along a Fence — Borders in the 

 Vegetable Garden — Width of Borders — Preparation of Beds — Time to 

 Plant — Summer Care — Arrangement of Plants in Hardy Borders — Border 

 Beds Should not be Graduated Evenly as to Height — Back ground for Borders — 

 Rose Chains in Perennial Borders — Arches Over Walks — Planting in Clumps — 

 Bulbs and Tubers — Spring Bulbs — Summer Flowering Bulbs — Autumn 

 Bulbs — Annuals in the Borders — Rose Gardens — Rose Garden Designs — 

 Position — Beds — Preparation of Beds — Planting and Care — Varieties — 

 Climbing Roses. 



CHAPTER X 



Wild Gardens 



The Wild Garden as an Isolated Feature — Walks — Beds — Planting in 

 the Wild Garden — Flowers in the Wild Garden — Rock Gardens — Garden 

 Locations — Placing of Rocks — Soil — Arrangement of Plants — Moisture 

 Important — Garden Steps with Pockets for Plants — Time of Planting — 

 Shrubs in Rock Gardens — Evergreens in the Rock Garden — The Heathers. 



CHAPTER XI 



Planting Plans and Planting Keys 

 Glossary of Technical Terms 



