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The Cape jessamine (Gardenia florida) is 
a successful evergreen flowering shrub that 
requires irrigating. Other evergreen shrubs 
that we value in our garden are the stately 
broad-leaved Japan privet the graceful 
Amor River privet, the Euonymus Japonicus, 
and our own beautiful chaparral (Berberis 
irifoliata), and mountain laurel (Sophora 
Four Plans for a 50 x 125 ft. Plot—By F. C. Leible, 
THE SIXTH OF A SERIES OF ARTICLES ON “CHEAPEST GARDENS FOR THE SMALLEST 
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secundiflora). The borders are edged with 
German iris, which is evergreen here. 
VINES ON THE HOUSE 
For vines on the house we have limited 
ourselves to climbing roses (of which the 
Maréchal Niel easily heads the list) except 
that on the north side there is English ivy. 
THE 
FEBRUARY, 1908 
The little summer house, which is our special 
pride because home-made without the help 
of a carpenter, was planted with grapevines 
and Reine Marie Henriette roses, but they 
did not give enough shade and shed their 
leaves in winter, so they have been replaced 
by honeysuckle. Some facts about vegetable 
gardening are given on page 38. 
New 
York 
LOTS,’’ EACH OF WHICH GIVES FOUR SOLUTIONS COSTING $25, $50, $75, AND $100 RESPECTIVELY 
Oe of the commonest plots in subur- 
ban and village communities is 50 x 125 
feet. There are good reasons why this is a 
popular size. A depth of 125 feet is abqut 
the minimum for a lot on which a family 
can be raised under sanitary and comfort- 
able conditions. I wish there were a 
national law against making any more lots 
that are only 100 feet deep, for the back 
yard in such lots is never large enough to 
furnish an attractive playground for the 
children. 
If a lot is 125 feet deep you have room 
enough for a vegetable garden that will 
supply the family needs for the summer, 
though not for the entire year. This depth 
is also about the minimum depth for a lot 
on which a barn is to be kept. 
I find that suburban lots that are 125 
feet deep are usually fifty feet wide. 
They are often subdivided into 25 x 125 ft. 
units, but they are generally sold in twos 
or threes. The suburbanite who likes this 
kind of lot usually builds a house worth 
four or five thousand dollars. 
I.—THE SIMPLEST SOLUTION: $25 
In order to have a beautiful place, a per- 
son ought to spend about 5 per cent. of the 
entire amount upon planting the grounds. 
This would be $200 for a place upon which 
a total of $4,000 is spent. But there are 
many people who feel that they cannot spend 
more than $25 altogether. The first plan 
shows about all that can be accomplished 
for this sum—some good porch vines, two 
good shade trees on the street, a row of 
currant bushes to separate the vegetable 
a plan like the next and work toward it 
gradually. 
2.—A SHRUBBERY GARDEN FOR $50 
The second plan is best adapted to a 
family which does not care about raising 
vegetables and is not particularly inter- 
Y EGETABLES, 
1. Two Norway maple (Acer platanoides). 
2. Two ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius, var. lutea). 
3. Three hazel (Corylus Avellana, var. purpurea). 
4. Two loose clustered wistaria (Wistaria multijuga). 
5. Two large flowering clematis (Clematis Jackmant). 
The simplest solution for a 75x 125 ft. plot. 
garden from the back lawn, and a few small 
clumps of shrubbery. 
A much better scheme would be to make 
.« Two American ash (Fraxinus Americana). 
. Four Chinese wistaria (Wistaria Chinensis). 
. Two white dogwood (Cornus florida). 
Three weigela (Diervilla florida). 
Two Reeves’ spirea (Spirea Cantoniensis). 
Five Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus). 
Three Persian lilac (Syringa Persica). 
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Three Tartartan honeysuckle (Lonicera Tatarica). 
. Five golden bells (Forsythia suspensa). 
. Three tamarisk (Tamarix Gallica). 
. Three lilac (Syringa vulgaris). 
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13. Five rose of Sharon (Hibiscus Syriacus). 
14. One hoptree (Ptelea trifoliata). 
15. Seven Siberian dogwood (Cornus alba). 
16. Four golden bell (Forsythia suspensa, var. Fortunet). 
17. Five goumi (Eleagnus longipes). 
18. Three Thunberg’s spirea (Spirea Thunbergit). 
to. Five Judas tree (Red bud) (Cercis Chinensis). 
20. Three St. John’s-wort (Hypericum aureum). 
21. Three snowberry (Symphoricarpus racemosus). 
22. Three purple fringe or smoke tree (Rhus Cotinus). 
Thirteen Boston ivy (Ampelopsis tricuspidata). 
23. 
12. Four Japanese snowball (Viburnum tomentosum, var. plicatum), 
A permanent flowering shrubbery planting on a 50x 125 ft. plot can be done for $50 
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VEGETABLES 
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. Three cork bark spindle tree (Evonymus alatus). 
. Six rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa), 
. Six coral berry (Svmphoricarpus vulgaris). 
9. Ten red currant (Ribes rubrum). 
to. One Japanese quince (Cydonza Japonica). 
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Costing $25 for plants 
ested in gardening. Shrubbery is permanent 
and requires no great amount of attention or 
special knowledge on the part of the owner, 
as compared with annual or even perennial 
flowers. But any person who likes this 
plan and desires a vegetable garden also, 
may easily adapt it by moving the shrub- 
bery forward in order to allow a vegetable 
garden at the back. 
Anyone who is particularly fond of 
flowers but does not care to raise vegetables, 
will find this plan an excellent one because 
he can put his annual or perennial flowers in 
an informal border following the line of 
the shrubbery. The flowers will be much 
more attractive against a background of 
shrubs than if planted in formal beds in 
the middle of the lawn. 
3.—A GARDEN OF PERENNIALS FOR $75 
The third plan is adapted only to a flower 
lover who is willing to give an hour or so 
a day to gardening. It would be better to 
spend $25 more upon it in order to have a 
continuous belt of shrubbery on either side 
of the lot as far as the end of the house. 
The best way to enjoy a garden is to have a 
