FEBRUARY, 1908 
summer house in the midst of it, and I have 
indicated such a one in the plan, although 
of course the cost of it is not included in the 
estimate. 
Another great improvement would be to 
have something connecting the back door 
of the house with this summer house, and 
I have indicated two long beds which might 
well be filled with peonies or other flowers 
to make the entire walk interesting. I have 
provided a high hedge of privet along the 
back of the house, as this weuld be a much 
prettier background for the flowers than 
a board fence. 
The ideal way of treating such a back 
yard would be to have it hidden entirely 
from the street and to continue the plant- 
ing clear around the back yard, having 
shrubbery at the back and flowers in front, 
but this would probably bring up the ex- 
pense to about $200. 
4.—AN ALL-YEAR GARDEN FOR $100 
The most important kind of garden isan all- 
year garden because most people cannot 
afford to have a summer as well as a winter 
home. Everything in the fourth plan has been 
put thereto make the place attractive in 
winter when most others are bleak and bare. 
It contains a number of evergreens but is also 
rich in shrubs with brightly colored bark 
and bushes with red berries that stay on 
all winter. The chief mass of these is in the 
front yard, where the red berries would be 
enjoyed by the passersby. Many people 
would enjoy such an arrangement. Per- 
sonally, I should prefer to mass them in the 
back yard at the corners or rear of the lot, 
where they could be seen by the family at 
mealtimes and from the bed rooms, as they 
give a note of cheer which it is pleasant to 
have in the morning on arising. 
While the plants are selected primarily 
for their winter beauty they will all be at- 
tractive the rest of the year also. Many 
of them, of course, have showy flowers. 
This is the best planting list of the four. 
It is superior to the second because that 
attracts your interest only during the 
growing season. Probably a better way of 
arranging this interesting material would be 
to grow it somewhat as in Plan No. 2, 
in order to get the flowing outlines of 
shrubbery. 
As the material used for winter effect is 
unfamiliar to beginners in gardening, I will 
explain some of the features. The front 
of the house is lined with box, the stateliest 
of decorative broad-leaved evergreens. 
These are relieved by handsome specimens of 
hemlock at the entrance and corners. 
Along the sides of the house I have speci- 
fied evergreen vines, English ivy on one 
side and the climbing euonymus on the other. 
They do better on stone than on wood. 
For the specimen trees in the front yard 
I have used Nordman’s fir as this is one of 
the most cheerful evergreens. Although 
the foliage is very dark, it is very rich because 
of its shining surface. 
The only tall evergreens in the back yard 
are three hemlocks grouped in one corner. 
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1. Two sugar maple (Acer saccharum). 
2. Two fringe tree (Chionanthus Virginica). 
3. Two ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius). 
4. One umbrella tree (Magnolia tripetala). 
5. Six Chinese peony (Peonia albiflora, var. Sinensis). 
6. Twenty-three ‘‘ Matador” perennial phlox (Phlox paniculata). 
7. One rose of Sharon (Hibiscus Syriacus). 
8. One golden bell (Forsythia suspensa, var. Fortunet). 
9. Two Japanese snowball (Viburnum tomentosum, var. 
plicatum). 
ro. Five snowberries (Symphoricarpus racemosus). 
11. Three spireas (Spirea Bumalda, var. ruberrima). 
12. Three golden mock orange (Philadelphus coronarius, var. 
aureus). 
13. Four swamp rose mallow (Hibiscus Moscheutos). 
14. Three bush clover (Lespedeza bicolor). 
15. Seven Japanese iris (I7is levigata I. Kempferio). 
16. Six Oswego tea (Monarda didyma). 
17. Nine blanketflower (Gazllardia aristata). 
18. Six loose strife (Lystmachia clethroides). 
19. Five columbine, (Aquilegia vulgaris). 
20. Fifty Scotch pink (Dianthus plumarius). 
21. Hight ‘“‘Coquelicot” perennial phlox (Phlox paniculata). 
22. Six gas plant (Dictamnus albus). 
23. Six sneezeweed (Heleniuwm autumnale). 
24. Fourteen showy larkspur (Delphinium formosum). 
25. Eight Pfitzer’s torch lily (Kniphofia aloides, var. Pfitzerit). 
26. Six false chamomile (Boltonia asteroides). 
27. Hight Pearl achillea (Achillea Ptarmica, var. flore-pleno). 
28. Hight tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata). 
29. Ten blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya). 
30. Five golden glow (Rudbeckia laciniata, var. flore-pleno). 
31. Ten lilac moss pink (Phlox subulata, var. frondosa). 
32. Sixteen white moss pink (Phlox subulata, var. alba). 
33. Twenty pink moss pink (Phlox subulata). 
34. Eight Japanese iris (I7is levigata). 
35- Six Oriental poppy (Papaver orientale). 
36. Eleven “spectabile” German iris (Iris Germanica). 
37. Six orange day lily (Hemerocallis fulva, var. Kwanso). 
38. Four Japanese virgin’s bower (Clematis paniculata). 
39. Two Hall’shoneysuckle (Lonicera Japonica, var. Halliana). 
40. Thirty-two California privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium). 
The flower lover can have a successfu: perennial garden for $75 
In the other corner, I have massed five 
specimens of the Japan cypress, which is 
noted for its fluffy, feathery effect. 
The back fence will be obscured by tall- 
growing shrubs, the chief mass of which 
consists of the fruiting form of the old- 
fashioned snowball which has the largest red 
berries that’ remain attractive all winter. 
Intermingled with these are two specimens 
of the red twigged Siberian dogwood and 
two of the salmon-barked willow, which has 
a particularly warm and pleasing color 
against the snow. — 
At the back of the house I have massed 
ten roses that have bright red hips and four 
coral berries. The latter make a brilliant 
show until Christmas time with their crim- 
son-purple berries. 
On one side of the yard (Nos. 20 and 21) 
I have placed three specimens of our native 
red osier dogwood and three of the winter- 
berry, which is a species of holly that is 
very brilliant in winter in spite of the fact 
that it sheds its leaves. 
TRUE AND FALSE ECONOMY 
The only true economy is to have heavy, 
bushy specimens with plenty of feeding 
roots. This is the only kind of stock I 
have had in mind in making these planting 
plans. Asa rule it is safer to pay the highest 
retail price than the lowest. 
[Eprror’s NotE. The next article in this 
series will deal with lots 75x 125 ft., and we 
promise our readers some very interesting 
solutions. Anyone about to use one of these 
plans and desiring further information about 
adapting them to individual requirements 
will do well to communicate with the Readers’ 
Service Department.] 
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. Two Norway maple (Acer platanoides). 
- Two Nordman’s fir (Abies Nordmanniana). 
. Four boxwood (Buxus sempervirens). 
. Ten Savin juniper (Juniperus Sabina, var. humilis). 
. Five Japan cypress (Chame cyparts obtusa). 
. Three hemlock (T'suga Canadensis). 
. Fifty-five Japanese barberry (Berberis Thunbergii). 
. Three golden leaved dogwood (Cornus alba, var. elegantis- 
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sima). 
iz. Three golden bell (Forsythia suspensa var. Fortunei). 
12. Three kerria (Kerria Japonica). 
14. Eleven snowball (Viburnum opulus). 
15. Two Siberian dogwood (Cornus alba). 
16. Two salmon barked willow (Salix vitellina, var. Britzensis). 
17. One white birch (weeping) (Betula alba). 
20. Three osier dogwood (Cornus stolonijera). 
21. Three winterberry (Ilex verticillata). 
22. Ten roses (Rosa lucida). 
23. Four coral berry (Symphoricarpus vulgaris). 
24. Three barberry (Berberis vulgaris) . 
25. Eleyen creeping euonymus (Euonymus radicans). 
26. Eight English ivy (Hedera Helix). 
An expenditure of $100 will make the garden beautiful all summer and interesting all winter 
