A garden of two scroll-IiKe beds. Each of the circles is composed of General 

 Grant geranium carpeted with alyssum. The two narrow beds planted with 

 yellow Tom Thumb snapdragons and Begonia semperflorens 



This will eventually be a rose garden. The four straight beds are filled with 

 China asters and phlox this year ; the circular one has roses edged with verbenas. 

 The trained fruit trees combine to frame the picture 



The founder of the estate, the late Charles 

 A. Dana, editor of the New York Sun, was 

 very fond of dwarf fruit trees trained against 

 walls and in various symmetrical shapes. 

 There is a growing interest in such trees in this 

 country because they occupy so little room 

 and enable one to get fruit of higher quality 

 than with the full-sized trees. Such trees are 

 particularly suited to suburban gardens, and 

 whenever it is planned to make them a per- 

 manent feature of the kitchen garden it 

 might be well to arrange them in such a way 

 that the entire garden cannot be seen from 

 any one point of view. Or a vegetable garden 

 could be arranged for decorative effect. 



A NOVEL USE OF GRAPE VINES 



It must be said, however, that dwarf - 

 trained fruit trees require the constant atten- 

 tion of an expert, and where it is impossible 

 to guarantee this it would be much simpler, 

 safer and more economical to use grape vines 

 instead. 



It might be well, for the sake of contrast, 

 to have a formal garden followed by a nature- 

 like garden, a very vivid garden by one that 

 will be green most of the season, one of robust 

 growth by one of slender and diminutive 

 growth and so on. 



The flowers that are contained in each of 

 the miniature gardens here shown are men- 

 tioned beneath their picture. There seems 

 no reason why the culture of each should be 

 given in detail as they are all familiar flowers, 

 but a summary of the operations is here given. 



FLOWERS PLANTED IN EARLY FALL (SEP- 

 TEMBER) 



All hardy perennials and biennials pro- 

 tected by mulch during winter. Examples: 

 Peonies and pansies, phloxes, larkspurs, holly - 

 hqcks. 



FLOWERS PLANTED IN EARLY SPRING 



As soon as the ground is free from frost: 

 Hardy perennials and biennials. 



SEEDS OF ANNUALS 



A. Sown where intended to flower 



AA. Sown in the greenhouse in March and April 



B. Started as early in the season as possible after all danger 



from frost is past 

 Sweet peas 

 Sweet alyssum 

 All poppies 

 R.B. Started later, or early in May. 



Godetia Nasturtium Sunflower 



Mignonnette Lupines Phlox Drutnmondi 



Clarkia Candytuft Marigolds 



Linum Cornflower (Centaurea) 



Stocks Snapdragon Vincas 



The more tender annuals and hardier 

 kinds, which are wanted for early bloom and 

 require transplanting from seed boxes, and 

 are placed out-of-doors in some sheltered 

 spot to gradually harden before planting in 

 the garden: 



Asters 



Phlox Drutnmondi 



Salvia splendens 



Balsams 



Nicotiana alata (JV. affnis) 



" Sanderi 



Nemesia Suttoni 



Verbenas 



Cosmos 



Zinnias 



Morning glories 



Begonia semperflorens 



Petunias 



Lobelia 



A semi-formal effect— two circular beds flanked by irregular borders. In the A very simple formal garden— merely two circular beds of Hydrangea 



foreground at either side blazes Kelway's golden marguerite (Anthemis iincloria, var. hortensis, edged with annual phlox and China asters. The phlox is too darK to 

 Keltuayt).' Near the vines are stately hollyhocKs, foxgloves, dahlias and cosmos show and the asters are not yet in bloom 



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