May, 1908 
THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
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. Two American elm (U/mus Americana). 
. Ten aralia (Acanthopanax pentaphyllum). 
Six Adam’s needle (Yucca jfilamentosa). 
Five deutzia (Deutzia crenata. var. Pride oj Rochester). 
Three rose of Sharon (Hibiscus Syriacus). 
Four Japan buddleia (Buddleia Japonica). 
. Four silver bell (Halesia tetraplera). 
Four Persian lilac (Syringa Persica). 
, Four bush clover (Lespedeza bicolor). 
. Three Be hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata, var. grand2- 
flora). , 
12. Four buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica). 
13. Five weigela (Diervilla florida, var. candida). 
14. Three mock orange (Philadel phus coronarius). 
15. Eight weigela (Diervilla hybrida, var. Eva Rathke). 
16. Twenty pompon chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum Indi- 
cum). 
17. Forty-one tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata). 
to. Six baby’s breath (Gypsophila paniculata). 
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20. Six torch lily (Kniphofia Pfitzerit). 
21. Six bush clematis (Clematis Davidiana). 
22. Ten swamp rose mallows (Hibiscus Moscheulos). 
23. Six oriental poppy (Papaver orientale). 
24. Eight perennial phlox (Phlox paniculata). 
25. Six beard tongue (Pentstemon barbaius, var. Torrevi). 
26. Two perennial sunflower (Helianthus multiflorus, var. 
flore pleno). 
27. Five Chinese peony (Peonia albiflora). 
28. Nine heliopsis (Heliopsis levis var. Pitcheriana). 
29. Six larkspur (Delphinium formosum). 
30. Twelve meadow sweet (U/maria rubra, var. venusta). 
31. Four Japan virgin’s bower (Clematis paniculata). 
32. Twenty-seven perennial phlox (Phlox paniculata). 
33. Fifty German catchfly (Lychnis viscaria, var. splendens). 
34. One white birch (Betula alba). 
36. One sweet gum (Ligquidambar styraciflua). 
37. One silver linden (Zilia argentea). 
8. One pin oak (Quercus palustris). 
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39. One sugar maple (Acer saccharum). 
8. Shrubs and perennials, all for flowers. Cost, $75 
where these perennials are massed, as small 
circles indicate the position of the peren- 
nials while the shrubs are indicated by 
larger and fluted circles. 
Most beginners make the mistake of trying 
to grow too many kinds of perennials and 
having only one of a kind. The result is 
that they get a spotty effect and many of 
the plants die the first season. For nobody 
can learn how to grow everything in one 
year. The artistic way to do is to use 
fewer kinds and to mass them in groups of 
a dozen or so. The minimum for artistic 
effect on a lot as small as this would be half 
a dozen plants of a kind. 
I have also presumed that some one iu 
the family would like making a collection 
of some particular kind of flower and there- 
fore I have indicated a collection of chrys- 
anthemums along the south side of the 
house. Each one of these might be a different 
variety and labels could here be used without 
spoiling the general effect of the place. 
In front of the chrysanthemums I have 
specified a row of tickseed (Coreopsis 
lanceolaia), which is one of the very best 
flowers for cutting because it has a very 
long season of bloom and the flowers are 
borne on tough wiry stems. Such an arrange- 
ment would enable the owner to have flowers 
by the armful to give away at any time 
for two or three months during the summer 
time. 
Iv. GARDEN OF HOLLIES FOR $100 
At first sight, it may seem absurd to 
specialize to such a degree as this but the 
genus Ilex comprises an _ extraordinary 
variety of forms which nobody but a botanist 
would ever suspect of family resemblances, 
and hollies are here supplemented by other 
shrubs in such a way as to furnish attrac- 
tions the year round. 
Few pecple realize that we can grow 
. Three American holly (I/ex opaca). 
Eight small leaved holly (J/ex crenata). 
. Four inkberry (lex glabra). 
Five winterberry (Ilex verticillata). 
Four large leaved winterberry (Ilex monticola), 
Three smooth winterberry (Jlex /@vigatia). 
Three Piedmont winterberry (Ilex decidua). 
Three mountain holly (Nemopanthus fascicularis). 
Three andromeda (Pieris floribunda). 
. Three photinia (Pholinia villosa). 
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American holly trees full of red berries all 
winter long in our own yards even in the 
North. Yet this is entirely practical if 
we take care to plant them in a northern 
exposure, strip off all the leaves at time of 
transplanting and secure both staminate 
and pistillate plants. 
All the evergreen members of the holly 
family are chiefly massed along the north 
side of the house in this plan, but the 
important point is. that they must be 
planted in a position where they will 
have partial shade and protection from 
the prevailing winter winds. In cities the 
houses are commonly close enough together 
to furnish such protection. The bulk 
of these evergreens is the Japan _ ink- 
berry, Ilex glabra (No. 3 in the plan), 
which has rather pretty black berries in 
the winter. 
The deciduous hollies with red fruits are 
commonly known as winterberries and in 
spite of the fact that they lose their leaves 
in winter, they present a very brilliant 
spectacle until January or February. Some 
of these I have massed near the ever- 
greens so that they will have an effec- 
tive background, and others I have set 
against a background of taller shrubs. 
These winterberries are Nos. 4 to 8 in 
the plan. 
This may sound as if the idea of winter 
attractions were somewhat overdone, but 
I think anyone who would try such an 
arrangement would be more than delighted. 
There is no reason in the world why North- 
ern yards should be bleak and uninteresting 
for five-twelfths of the year. 
Anyone who wishes fuller particulars 
about the appearance of these hollies and 
their culture, will find them in the article 
“All the Hollies Worth Growing” in the 
December, 1906, GARDEN MAGAZINE. ~ 
11, Three dwarf horse chestnut (2sculus parviflora). 
12. Three red osier dogwood (Cornus sanguinea). 
13. Two mock orange (Philadelphus pubescens). 
14. Three snowball (Viburnum opulus). 
15. Seven Japan barberry (Berberts Thunbergit). 
16. One mountain ash (Sorbus Aucuparia). 
17. Three buttonwood (Platanus orientalis), 
18. One American linden (Tilia Americana). 
19. One Norway maple (Acer platanvides). 
20. Three kerria (Kerria Japonica). 
4, A unique garden for a collection, all hollies. Cost, $100 
