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DECEMBER, 1906 
A day passed, and there was a hurried 
knocking at my office door. 
“Do you mind my facing your house any 
way I like, and rearranging all your rooms?” 
it’s convenient and looks 
““No—not if 
all right.” 
“Any objection to privacy, or must your 
front yard be open and park-like?” 
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she exclaimed. 
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“T’m old-fashioned enough to be fond of 
privacy.” 
A week passed and I thought my young 
friend had fallen by the wayside. 
came in, rosy and enthusiastic. 
“Rye scot itl 
given you everything you asked for!’ 
She had—and more too, but I didn’t 
Then she 
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| NO. OF { ESTI- FRUIT 
STANDARD OR TRADE | HEIGHT | _ 
COMMON NAME is | WINTER COLOR }PLANTS| MATED PERSISTS 
| NAME (FEET) | ; ee 
i NEEDED| COST UNTIL 
1. Cockspur thorn........... | Crategus Crus-galli.....| 15 to 25 | Fruits red..... 4 $ 3.00 | All winter 
2. lel socsccessansccseesene | USO Genes cass ueeod | 20 to 45 | Evergreen, red | 
I), suberniessy--y-1: 7 3-50 | All winter 
3- Japanese barberry........-. | Berberis Thunbergit..... | 2to4 Fr. red... 18 6.30 | All winter 
Prem SHEEP-DELLYrersinci-- </-)---1-/- © | Viburnum Lentago...... 30, | :‘Er. bluish- inal 7 2.45 | All winter 
5- Arrow-wood .............-. | Viburnum dentatum..... 15 | Fr. bluish-black] 6 3.00 | January 
6. Oregon grape............. | Berberis Aquifolium..... | 3to6 | Fr. blue....... 3.00 | December 
7. Evergreen thorn........... | Pyracantha coccinea..... | | Fr. bright red} 15 15.00 | February 
(Crategus Pyracantha) : 
8. European spindle tree......| Euonymus Europeus... | 20 | Fr. orange..... 4 1.40 | January 
g- Common barberry.......-- | Berberts vulgaris........| 4to8 | Fr. scarlet..... 5 1.75 | All winter 
io. Siberian red-osier dogwood..| Cornus alba............| 6 to 10 | Red branches, 
\eetrespeatlyaeee | amet 67/54 seiseeetcn 
11. White rod.. .| Viburnum cassinoides ...| 2to6 | Fr. dark blue. . 4 2.00 | January 
12 Ceptesciene. Viburnum Opulus....--- | 6 to 12 | Fr. crimson.... 7 3-50 | All winter 
13. Staghorn somegh. sacassons- | Rhus typhina..........- J | Fr. darkred....] 5 1.75 | All winter 
14. Cork-barked spindle tree ..| Euonymus alatus........ 5 to 8 Fr.crimson....| 11 | 6.75 | January 
ng. Gavin. sosespeeoseceeees Eleagnus longipes ...--- AatOnOns\shreiscatlet jel |S) 2:50 | September 
16. Red-osier dogwood......... Cornus stolonifera.......| 6to8 ! Red branches 
; | | Hie Biren terme 4 DSS) || sooow acco 
HIGPESTIONDEML Yeo a2 seis oe : | Sym phoricar pos | 
Eracemosuse ene n| 2) toon | Breawhite- ss 5 2.00 | All winter 
48. Kinnikinnik...............| Cornus Amomum....... | 3 to 10) Purple branches 4 | 2.00 | November 
19. Smooth sumach............| Rhus glabra............| Io to 15 | Fr. crimson... . 4 | 1.40 | All winter 
20. Black chokeberry..........| Sorbus melanocarpa.....) 3to 5 | Fr. black...... 3 3-00 | All winter 
21. Washington thorn.......... | Crategus cordata ......-. 30 | Fr. coral red... 5 10.00 | March 
muegBlacksalden--........ +--+. | Hex verticillata.......... 6to8 | Fr.brightred..| 5 2.50 | March 
Paehlowermpycrabs...--.--.-. | Pyrus floribunda........) 10 to 15 | Fr. orange-red.| 5 | 3.75 | January 
24. Morrow’s bush honeysuckle | Lonicera Morrow: ......| 6 | Fr. bloodred..-| 4 | 3.00 | November 
PreesipenanicraDe..----------| Pyrus baccata........... Io to 15 | Fr. crimson... . 3 | 1.05 | December 
26. Chinese spindle tree........ Euonymus Bungeanus... Tigi eee OKanpe cece 2 1.00 | February 
PPM ALYBLELNS het) toe ¢ || seis since eke wee ele es UNO\Ezt | a eo aera 20 AR ool tReet ae 
28. Hardy hydrangea..........| Hydrangea paniculata, | 
| var. grandiflora....... 6 \ segeeeteaeeants I BC Ou sae cece: 
29. Rugosa rose...............| Rosarugosa, vars. alba 
| BRS 7OI@oocncacsnacs 6 | Black branches 12 6.00 | January 
30. False bitter sweet..........| Celastrus scandens ...... 6to 20 | Fr.or.-yellow ..| 3 1.50 | March 
le BLOSipLapeens =. 2 66st. Vitis vulpina{V.riparia)| 30 Fr. bluish-black 2 .70 | October 
32. Variegated Japanese grape.-| Ampelopsis heterophylla | 
| var. elegans (A. tricolor) 10 | Fr. light blue .. 3 1.05 | January 
23. UIC 550 22 pepe Gee eanos | Syringa vulgaris ....... 6to12 | Brownbranches} 3 Noe) '|| Isaoscoec0e 
EVERGREENS AND SPECIMEN ORNAMENTAL TREES 
ae STANDARD AND TRADE | HEIGHT WINTER N.@2)| 250 SIZE iat 
COMMON NAME ce | Gass) Sate PLANTS | MATED | PLANTING 
| NEEDED| COST |HGT. IN FT. 
JX. \WIERS (DINE soooncs see eseoac|| JS WU Soeecesons | 100 Evergreen ..... 5 $ 5-00 | 24 to 3 
B. Nordmann’s fir ........... Abies Nordmanniana .... 100 Evergreen ..... 6 12.00 2 
Cz WINKS SVRMES cocsessosssne|| Je Ayoccanoseddos a5) |(s)iKo) mifo) || ID aiguactan pono 4 6.00 2 to 3 
D. Austrian pine.............| Pinus Se iy 
aca (P. Austriaca ).....|75 to 100] Evergreen...... I 2.00 2 
E. Cottonwood...............|] Populus deltoides (P. mon- | Yellowish green 
ADE hagocos ane dear | 60 to 150 branches .... 7 7.00 8 to 10 
F. Silver maple...............| Acer saccharinum (A. | 
dasycarpum)........... 120 Line effect..... [sr 1.00 | Io to 12 
GC, Hin GAR sse5e8 seas eeneeaeS Quercus palustris ....... 80 to 130] Line effect... . He i 1.00 6 
H. Oriental plane. ............| Platanus orientalis ...... 80 Mottled bark .. I 1.25 8 
Il. [Real Gil oosdscsgeneosesses|| QS Midas cossneede 80to150 | Line effect.....| 2 2.00 | 6to8 
ee Miountianyasht =.= 2-2 = -- Sorbus Americana....... 50 Ie elecooaeeall 1.00 | 6to8 
Kee ellowswillowsece ee oa) Salicnoitellana 2.52 24 25- 80to80 | Yellowbranches| 1 S75 |) ZONG 
ee Wihitesbirchiyssa-ee ee 2a: IGG GUNG soscascecasns 80 White bark, I Te 25) 6 to 8 
| brown twigs. 
M. Hemlock.. -.....-| Tsuga Canadensis.......| 70to 100} Evergreen ..... 7 7.00 | 2 to 24 
N. Feathery wasnigpora sosaozes Chamecyparts pisifera 
var. plumosa ......... 3 to 8 Evergreen...... 2 3-50 | 13 to 2 
Do WINES titrosccoscoasadessaco|| INAS GAAGIUP pacucaedss 100 to 150] Evergreen..... 3 9-00 | 2 
P. Siberian arborvite ........ Thuya occidentalis, var. | | 
Wareana (var. Sibirica) 30 Evergreen..... 7 7-00 I to 2 
Hedge. Chinese arborvite..... Thuya orientalis (Biota | 
Ongenialis) eee eee 4 Evergreen..... 125 125.00} 2 to 24 
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realize it at first (I defy any human intel- 
lect to grasp a plan at once). So I faltered 
out, “‘Why doesn’t my house- front the 
street ?”’ 
‘‘Because you can’t get the sunlight all day 
in the rooms you use most unless you let 
them face south and southwesterly. Those 
rooms, of course, are your living rooms, 
library and conservatory—for you ought to 
give your plants a fair show, too.” 
“Certainly!” I admitted. “But have I 
got the nerve to turn my back on my neigh- 
bors—or rather ‘sidestep’ that way?” 
“They'll never see your house or you 
theirs. You'll be in a little world of your 
own. That hemlock hedge screens you 
entirely.” 
I looked dubiously at the irregular row of 
M’s in the plan, each surrounded by a broken 
circle with prickers on it. That sort of 
conventionalized gooseberry, it seems, al- 
ways indicates an evergreen tree. 
“But evergreens take forty years to grow, 
don’t they? I'll be dead then, you know?” 
‘Oh, that’s easy. Do you see those E’s 
in front of the M’s. Those are Carolina 
poplars which will screen your place faster 
than anything on earth and by the time your 
hemlocks are tall enough to hide things both 
summer and winter, the poplars will be hope- 
lessly commonplace, and you'll cut them 
down.” 
I nodded approvingly and thought, “That 
girl’s no doll!” 
““What’s a service yard?” I inquired. 
“That’s where your grocer comes and the 
iceman, and where you keep your ash can, 
garbage pail and everything unsightly. 
That’s hidden, too.” 
‘““What are all those clothes lines stringing 
across my yard?” {I inquired. 
“Those are view-lines,” replied the Par- 
agon, quite unruffled. ‘For instance, the 
longest view you have is from the living room 
to the corner of the lot. The reason why 
that willow is at K, is that you can enjoy 
it there, whereas, if it were five feet over it 
would stop your view.” 
Even I could see that, although I’m a sort 
of standard of stupidity when art talk is in 
the air. 
‘‘What’s all this business we’ve got to look 
at from the dining room window,” I asked. 
“Why, I thought you’d like a little pergola, 
so I’ve put half a dozen vines on it that will 
give you flowers nearly all the season, in- 
stead of two weeks of fire-alarm, and seven 
months of bugs and shabbiness, as Crimson 
Rambler would.” 
“Bless her soul,” I thought. ‘“That’s 
the woman of it.” I didn’t give in then, 
for I had always poked fun at the pergola 
fad and I had rather counted on showing 
the world that there was one safe and sane 
man left. I weakened later, though. And 
now I’m glad I gave in. 
“What about this playground?” I 
demanded. 
“That’s all protected from the winds by 
the tall evergreen hedge,’’ she explained, 
“except that on the lawn side I’ve used an 
extra border of rugosa roses, to give bright- 
ness from the windows. There will be big 
