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THE HOUSE IN THE GARDEN 
A New Feature to Appear in THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
§ Under this heading will appear each month an article, or a series of articles, which will 
attempt to formulate that intangible, but nevertheless recognizable link between the 
house and the garden. 
4, Perhaps the most charming of gardens are those that lie so close to the house that 
they form but a fragrant colorful extension of the four walled rooms. The house 
should expand into the garden and the garden lead into the house, giving little consci- 
ousness of the transition from the end of one and the beginning of the other. 
§| Have you not been in gardens that led with an air of great hospitality to the welcoming 
door of the house; then there are houses that have an air of being a part of the intimate 
garden just beyond the door. Itis with such houses that this department will concern 
itself. 
§ No house should be built without taking thought for the garden—the house and 
garden being planned together. The house planned and built in relation to its gar- 
den is a home, 
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Marcu, 1916 
Early and Long Flowering Arabis 
A T THE time of year when every one longs — 
for a touch of color in the garden, Arabis 
albida commences to bloom. It is white and 
fragrant,-and fits in admirably with early 
eu and daffodils. I have masses of it in my 
garden associated with the various early flower- 
ing plants; when it gets through blossoming, I 
cut away all the seed stalks, and also have to 
throw away a good deal of the plant, as it 
crowds upon itself if it cannot grow out in all 
directions. During the summer it is always a 
pleasing ground cover. It wilts in the hot sun, 
even after a good rain, but otherwise it is a 
vigorous plant. 
The first Arabis I ever had I raised froin seed 
sown in pots in the dining-room window the 
last of March. As soon as outdoor weather per- 
mitted, about April 17th, I transplanted it to a 
sunny location. It failed to blossom that spring, 
but it grew well all summer. That fall I moved 
Arabis albida, which commences to bloom in the spring 
just when one longs for a touch of color in the garden 
it to the edge of the kitchen garden, among the 
early tulips and other early flowering plants. 
I so thoroughly covered some of it for the win- 
ter that most of it died out entirely. There 
were a few roots that were less covered and 
they pulled through nicely and blossomed; but 
as there were so few plants to blossom, the 
pretty feathery effect did not make much of an 
impression. That summer I let the Arabis grow 
out on all sides as far as it liked. In the mean- 
time, in June, I was starting more clumps in 
other parts of the backyard, and at the same 
time arias cuttings at the west porch. 
The mass of it in the picture is four years 
old. I never protect it for the winter. The snow 
that falls is its only covering. The picture was 
taken on April 29th the plant had then been in 
blossom for more than ten days. The two 
clumps of tulips are each made up of three 
lemon yellow, early single tulips and three 
Murillo tulips. Between the two clumps of 
tulips is a Forsythia suspensa, to be gradually 
trained to the railing of the porch. ‘There ap- 
pears to be a most successful combination for 
just that situation—the soil is mostly clay, too 
well drained and too much shaded by the pro- 
jecting roof of the porch. The sunshine is in- 
ee here in the afternoon all summer, and in 
winter there is always a strong draught of cold 
air. The leader from the roof ress the nec- 
essary amount of moisture in the soil in the 
summer. 
Illinois. KATHERINE K. PERRIGO. 
Grass Under Trees 
EFERRING to the inquiry and answer on 
page 54 of the September, 1915, issue, I 
submit that Festuca rubra is about the best 
proposition where the pine needles fall thickly, 
and kill out the more tender grasses. 
Pennsylvania. G. C. W. 
