January, 191 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



201 



screen be a planting fence, or a building. 

 Lattice fences and r . ;r architectural features 

 are often used for a two-fold purpose, acting 

 as a background to one area and as a screen 

 to the garden. 



A "Bit" for the children 



THE new vegetable garden may not be 

 father's garden alone, but may be used 

 by the entire family, with a parterre reserved 

 for each member. That children like to work 

 upon an individual plot is shown by the 

 success of the school garden; and with a 

 parterre reserved for each in the home 



iNfcaniL satini. 



The vegetable garden will fit into the general scheme of a 

 very informal handling 



The" front yard garden need not be the usual object of 

 derision 



garden the child will cultivate a love for 

 nature and for tidiness which will be in- 

 valuable, apart from the advantage of 

 out-of-door work. The older people may 

 have a parterre commensurate with their 

 strength and ability, the careful working of 

 which may add many pleasant years to their 

 lives. 



Gardens may be made which neighbors get 

 together in maintaining and a similar scheme 



may be worked out in such institutions as the 

 old men's homes, private schools and or- 

 phanages. 



Vegetables may be used for their foliage 

 color, and plants such as horseradish, pie 

 plant and asparagus where a denser foliage is 

 desirable. Climbers may be used in a uniform 

 manner, and trailers may be used for their 

 peculiar advantage. 



i If these suggestions are heeded the vegetable 

 garden should be an added feature to the 

 attractive place apart from its tremendous 

 importance at this time as a factor in the war 

 and food crises. 



Why not have a comfortable nook at one end or comer or ■ 

 the vegetable garden? Why not? 



Flowers for the July Garden 



F. SPRING 



Massachusetts 



TAKE THOUGHT NOW AND PLAN TO HAVE BLOOM DURING THE PERIOD WHEN MOST GARDENS SHOW A LULL 



IN FLOWERS.— SPRING PLANTING FOR SUMMER BLOOM 



EVERY one "running" a garden, 

 large or small, has I suppose, the 

 ambition to have an abundance 

 of bloom during each and every 

 month of the garden season. I had long 

 realized that July was my sparse time and that 

 my flower beds tended to "greenery" after 

 the tide of the June color riot had ebbed. 



"Why don't you go about to a lot of dif- 

 ferent gardens," suggested my 

 gardener son, who, beside supply- 

 ing us with all the vegetables in 

 the seed catalogue, gives us many 

 a lift in our own domain, "and 

 see what you find in blossom in 

 July?" I took his suggestion, 

 and by finding a specialty here 

 and a novelty there, to add to 

 our own standbys, succeeded last 

 year in making my garden look 

 not only green, but gay, in July. 

 The results I am going to "pass 

 on" that they may be a little 

 help to others in studying the 

 spring catalogues and deciding on 

 their plans for the year. 



Japanese Iris is then at its 

 best. To my mind no flower 

 grown is so distinctly queenly and 

 gorgeous. I have set a border of 

 this at the front of my garden 

 alternating with I. sibirica which 

 blooms in late June running into 

 early July, thus insuring a fairly 

 long season of bloom. When the 

 Japanese Iris is at its height, 



one can only wonder — and admire! Every 

 individual is beautiful and therefore one need 

 not purchase named varieties unless a long 

 purse allows. The "clumps" increase in size 

 and luxuriance. My own border has been 

 delighting us for many years. The English 

 Iris (I. ziphioides) is mainly a July flower, 

 following its enchanting Spanish relative which 

 blooms in June. It is a bulbous Iris, most 



The Tiger Lily a feature. Marigold behind sundial with low annuals in front of them 



charming and beautiful, of varied orchid-like 

 colors. As bulbs are small and stems slender, 

 it may be set, like the Spanish, thickly, 

 between other plants which follow. We fill 

 in spaces in front of and between our July 

 Iris border, with dwarf Zinnias, Bachelor's 

 Buttons, and Sweet Alyssum, to insure a gay 

 succession until fall. 



Roses. A few Ramblers, set around arches 

 or pergolas, add much to the 

 color and gay appearance of any 

 garden. The blooming time of 

 Crimson Rambler, Dorothy Per- 

 kins, and Baltimore Belle runs 

 over into July. The standard 

 Roses have had their splendid 

 show, but many rare blossums 

 may be cut during July. Pansies, 

 Violas, and Verbenas may be 

 planted around them as a bed 

 carpet. 



Hollyhocks are distinctly July 

 flowers, and nothing is more dec- 

 orative and showy, massed in 

 backgrounds, or against a gray 

 stone wall — if you are fortunate 

 enough to possess one. They 

 soon grow shabby and must 

 have as neighbors later blooming 

 plants to fill in. The single ones 

 are to my mind most beautiful. 

 Hollyhocks are attacked by a 

 fungous disease. Spray early 

 with bordeaux mixture. Cover 

 with manure in winter. 



Lilies. Of these there are many 



