14 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1907 



be had from an abundance of flowering 

 shrubs, and a rich dignified effect is given 

 to the front by a hedge of arborvitas {Thuya 

 occidentalis) faced by rhododendrons (R. 

 Catawbiense,v&r.) and brilliancy is given in the 



spring by the showy azalea (A. Indica, var. 

 amama). Provision is made in the rear for 

 a grape-arbor, vines being trained over a 

 conveniently placed summer-house. 



During recent years, the so-called double 



1. Two Norway maple (12 ft.) 



2. Two sugar maple (8 to io ft.) 



3. S : x Japanese barberry 



4. Two W'aterer's spira?a 



5. Two mahonia 



Acer platanoides 

 Acer saccharum 

 Berber is Thnnbergii 

 Spiraa Anthony 



Waterer 

 Berber is Aqni- 

 jolium (Maho- 

 nia Aguijolium) 



1-5= 

 1.80 



6. Two crimson rambler rose 



7. Three Chinese wistaria 



Rosa midlillora, 

 var. Crimson 

 Ram bier 

 Wistaria Chinen- 

 sis 

 8. Three Japanese virgin's bower Clematis panicu- 



9. Nineteen perennial phlox 



Total Cost, Forty-one plants St 5.00 



lata 

 Phlox paniculata 



■75 

 3.80 



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/9- -r t, 



\ h 



HOUSE 



Two linden (12 it. ) 

 Two juniper 



Tilia Americana 

 Junipcrus com- 

 munis, var. Can- 

 adensis 



3. Six deutzia Deutzia gracilis 



4. Thirty-eight sweet William Dianlhus barbatus 



5. Fifteen pompon chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum In- 



dicum 



6. Two Chinese trumpet creeper Teconra grandiflora 



7. Four Japanese virgin's bower Clematis paniculata 



A-OO 



8. 



Two crimson rambler rose 



Rosi multiflora 

 var. Crimson 

 Rambler 



3- .SO 

 3.00 

 4-75 



2.25 



9- 



10. 



1 r. 

 12. 



Five grape vines 

 Two syringa 



Two weigela 

 One golden bell 



Vitis Labrusca 

 Philadelphia pn- 



bescens 

 Diervilla florida 

 Forsythia viridis- 



.70 







sima 



Total Cost, Eighty-two plants .$25.00 



1. Two purple maple (12 ft.) 



a. Six Japanese barberry 



3. Six W'aterer's spiraea 



4. Two Mugho pine 



5. Six Adam's needle 



6. Two Japanese holly 



7. Fourteen hardy hydrangea 



8 Eight Chinese wistaria 



For the new style suburban "double" lot of 40x100 ft., the cheapest solution is $15.00 worth of 

 plants, which could be planted for $2.00. The l&rger lots would cost $3.00 &nd $5.00, respectively; in the last 

 c»oe, two men for one day 



Acer palmalum, 



9- 



Four showy larkspur 



Delphinium for- 





var. afropur- 







mosum 



1. 00 



Purnsm %-j.oo 



IO. 



Six showv sedum 



■ Sedum spectabile 



1.20 



Bcrbens Thnnber- 



11. 



Fifteen golden tuft 



A lyssum saxatile, 





gii 3. 03 







var. combactum 



2.20 



Spircra Anthony 



12. 



Three silver bell 



ITalesia tetraptera 



1.50 



Waterer 3.00 



I.V 



Three syringa 



Philadelphns pu- 





Pinus montana. 







bescens 



I. SO 



var. Mughus 6.00 



14. 



Three honeysuckle 



T.oniccra Morroivi 



1.53 



1 ucca filamen- 



IS- 



Three lilac 



Syringa vulgaris 



1.50 



iosa 3.00 



16. 



Four California privet 



Ligustrum ovali- 





/' ■■: crenaia 6.00 







folium 



1. 00 



//. paniculata, 



17. 



Three golden bells 



Forsythia suspen - 





var. grandiflora <;.6o 







sa, var. Fortunei 





II istaria Chinensis 4.00 







(F- Fortunei) 



1. 00 



'I otal Cost, Eighty 



eigl 



t plants £50.00 







suburban lot (which is really two lots of 

 20 x 100 feet) has become a popular unit. 

 This gives the gardener a great deal more 

 leeway, as it enables him to use some ten to 

 fifteen feet on one side of the house. Gener- 

 ally it is best to keep this entirely in lawn, 

 and it offers a great opportunity for the use 

 of vines on the wall of the house itself or for 

 ferneries in narrow beds. Everything, of 

 course, depends upon exposure to the sun. 

 The narrow strip should preferably be on 

 the east or north, but usually the space is 

 divided up evenly between the two neighbor- 

 ing houses and the problem of exposure is 

 reduced to a minimum. 



With the expenditure of as little as fifteen 

 dollars, a well furnished appearance may be 

 obtained. Two plants each of the Norway 

 or sugar maples are used to give the greatest 

 effect, and the Japanese barberry planted 

 in two clumps, one on each side of the en- 

 trance, to give character and dignity to the 

 garden from early spring until Christmas. 

 Of all the deciduous shrubs, this is the one 

 which most nearly approaches the evergreen 

 effect and its bright color in early winter is 

 an added advantage. The Anthony Waterer 

 spirea is used near the steps of the piazza 

 because it gives flowers in the summer time, 

 which fact very largely discounts any objec- 

 tion to its color. In each corner near the 

 street line are clumps of the mahonia which 

 give a bold evergreen appearance almost as 

 good as that of the holly. The ornamental 

 flowering plants are confined to vines and 

 shrubs around the piazza, and of Phlox 

 paniculata, which may be made to give a rich 

 growth and abundant flowers nearly all 

 summer. 



With the expenditure of fifty dollars, quite 

 a wealth of plants rhay be obtained, and an 

 effect of seclusion given to the rear part of 

 the plot, where a belt of mock orange, honey- 

 suckle, lilacs and snowdrop tree give a wealth 

 of bloom at all times. In the front portion 

 I am able to use two Mugho pines, than 

 which nothing is better in the dwarf ever- 

 greens. Beyond these, I have a belt of yucca 

 and two specimens of Japanese holly. The 

 hardy hydrangea gives light and brilliancy 

 in late summer and in the bed on the right 

 side of the piazza steps, a wealth of herba- 

 ceous perennials may be planted. I am very 

 fond of delphiniums with their charming 

 blue flowers, unequalled by those of any 

 other plant. Many of the plants that I have 

 named here can be easily substituted by 

 others, according to one's special ideas and 

 requirements. 



If only twenty-five dollars can be expended, 

 I would reduce the rear shrubbery to one mass 

 on the open side and at the rear of the plot 

 make provision for a grape trellis. 



The easiest suburban plot to plant is the 

 double lot measuring 50 x 100 feet. This 

 offers a great opportunity for the gardener 

 and if the scheme of placing the house to one 

 side is adopted as is shown on the next 

 page considerable play can be given to land- 

 scape features. The smallest sum that can 

 be counted upon for any reasonable quantity 

 of plants on the 50 x 100 lot is twenty-five 

 dollars. It will not differ very greatlv in the 



