LANDSCAPE GARDENING STUDIES 



ciduous plants united with a large quantity of 

 herbaceous ones. The dominant effect of this 

 scheme is June and autumn color, especially 

 that of autumn. It comprises Thunberg's bar- 

 berry, Andromeda arborea, white-flowering dog- 

 wood (Cornios florida), Euonymus alatus, Japa- 

 nese maple, Thunberg's spirea, all splendidly 

 colored in autumn. There are lilacs here and 

 other spireas and snowballs and the Japanese 

 raspberry (Rhodotypus kerrioides). With these 

 are mixed in great quantities herbaceous plants 

 like Japanese iris, pinks, phlox, and anemone 

 for autumn effect. In the center are two groups 

 of beautiful varieties of sedum and saxifrage, 

 spreading out like mats of coral brought up from 

 the bottom of the sea. 



This whole arrangement is unrivaled in beauty 

 in June and possibly in autumn, although that 

 might afford a reasonable subject for discussion; 

 yet, though there are splendid effects among the 

 different colored evergreens, there is nothing 

 more refined and delicate than this beautiful 

 autumn deciduous foliage of tree and shrub. 



The third and last scheme for this garden, 

 though like the first not acted upon, may prove 

 suggestive for projects of a similar character. It 

 is essentially a bedding arrangement. It involves 

 the growing of tender plants, annual or biennial, 

 in greenhouses or cold frames, such as Coleus, 

 geraniums, alternantheras, cannas, castor-oil beans, 

 acalyphas, and achyranthas. More than this, 

 it involves planting the color designs of the bed- 



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