28 THE GAR DENY DAG 
German Iris, planted in mass, yielded flowers in profusion for cutting 
somewhat changed to-morrow, for na- 
ture has a way of pointing out improve- 
ments tous! But it cannot change very 
much now—until we acquire another 
half acre, put up a garage, plant an 
orchard, move the vegetable garden, 
and use the present vegetable space for 
flowers, with a sun-dial or bird bath— 
or perhaps a pool—even a greenhouse! 
The house, about fifty feet square, 
was set seventy-five feet back from the 
road, and well on the north half of the 
lot. This last to satisfy a cautious con- 
servatism—it left a building lot in case 
we should ever “want to sell.” As it 
has turned out, nothing but dire neces- 
sity would persuade us to sell an inch 
—but our plan has worked out well. It 
gives us a wide, open lawn. The house 
faces east, and the trees were planted 
on the west and south, chiefly. Privet 
on the front and south side, Honeysuckle 
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-Pippin. 
FEBRUARY, 1916 
on a rustic fence at the back and north 
side, give us privacy. But that we 
wanted a high hedge, we should have 
planted Barberry in place of the Privet 
—I sometimes wish we had put in Bar- 
berry and Spiraea—but we would not if 
we could, substitute anything for the~ 
Honeysuckle. In the spring it scents 
the air all around us for a considerable 
distance, and all summer it blossoms off 
and on. ; 
Back of the house are the drying 
ground and some dwarf fruit trees, but 
the vegetable garden is on the south 
half of the lot. An irregular bed, 75 
feet long, of shrubs and hardy plants, 
screens it from view. A pergola from 
the summer house to the garden is cov- 
ered in June with the lovely pink of 
Dorothy Perkins Rose, and the summer 
house itself is gay with yellow and 
white Ramblers, Trumpet vine, and 
Clematis. In the long bed are Altheas, 
Spiraeas, Deutzias, Snowballs, For- 
sythia; and Hollyhocks, Phlox, Del- 
phinium, Coreopsis, Foxgloves, Canter- 
bury Bells, and a few annuals. In the 
southeast corner are Lilacs, Peonies, 
and Foxglove—a very happy combina- 
tion, by the way. 
FRUIT TREES IN BEARING 
The grapes bore well four years after 
planting. They comprise the following 
varieties: Worden, Moore’s FHarly, 
Niagara, Delaware, and Concord. We 
prune and spray them carefully every 
winter. The dwarf apples are the Nor- 
thern Spy, Gravenstein, and Newtown 
The other fruit trees we 
planted are an Oxheart cherry, a sour 
cherry, a Bartlett pear, a Kieffer pear— 
which last got in by mistake, and upon 
which we promptly tried some amateur 
grafting, with the result that it now has 
two strong branches of Bartlett—and 
Crawford’s Early, Morris White, and 
Wonderful peaches. All the fruit trees 
are growing well, and the peaches and 
sour cherry have borne fruit. The 
dwarf apple trees have not borne yet, 
and this has disappointed us a little, 
but perhaps we expected too much! The 
only total failures we have had have 
been the currant bushes, which have 
pined away ever since we planted them. 
Our successes outweigh our disappoint- 
ments, and our little trees have been 
such a pleasure! To watch them grow, 
to care for them, to eat the fruit of our 
very own vine and fig tree is living! 
Plants that Flower in the Shade 
]F THE situation is dry as well as 
shady, the choice is strictly limited. 
Among the most satisfactory are Bugle, 
Goldenrod, Alum Root, the Cone Flow- 
ers, Goldenrod and Aruncus, with Ever- 
green Candytuft as an edging. If nor- 
mal moisture is available,add Anemone, 
Lily-of-the-valley, Lemon Lily, Liver- 
wort, Kniphofia, Ground Ivy, Globe 
Flower, Coltsfoot, Wild Pansy, Vir- 
ginia Cowslip, Forget-me-not, Cardinal 
Flower, Blazing Star, Florentine Iris, 
and the following native ferns: Hbony 
Spleenwort, Sensitive fern, Royal fern 
and common Polypody. 
For early spring effects the Dogtooth 
Violet can be planted freely. The best 
blue flower for shade is Platycodon. 
