February, 1907 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



15 



selection of plants from what has been given 

 for the same amount of money in the smaller- 

 sized plots. The only thing that can be 

 done in this case is the making of a few 

 isolated shrubbery clumps and the placing 

 of two or three specimen trees. Around the 

 house itself I place peonies or other large- 

 growing herbaceous plants and rely on vines 

 for the porch decoration. The clumps of 

 shrubbery are each made of one kind of 

 shrub and so designed that a succession of 

 bloom is given from early spring until the 

 rose of Sharon expands its flowers in late 

 summer. 



If you will expend as much as one hundred 

 dollars for plants, a plot of this size can be 

 converted into an abundantly furnished 

 garden, which would give play for a connois- 

 seur to include such gems as his fancy may 

 dictate. The whole plot can be enclosed by 

 a hedge of California privet for less than 

 thirty dollars, of course, buying small-sized 

 plants which will develop into a hedge in a 

 year or two. The rear of the plot is edged 

 with flowering shrubs, in front of which space 

 is left for flower beds, in which bulbs may be 

 planted in the spring time, and a selection of 

 herbaceous plants arranged for cut flowers 

 throughout the year. 



Beds of roses are planted each side of the 

 entrance walk, a selection of which, of course, 

 may be varied to suit the conditions, but I 

 am suggesting the Baby Rambler on account 

 of its continuous-blooming character. Two 



specimens of arborvitae are placed one on beris T lumber gii appear in each corner as 

 each side of the walk to give a furnished effect well as along the front of the piazza. 



during the winter time, and Clumps of Ber- [For suggestions on planting, see page 46) 



One Norway maple 

 Two hundred and ninety Cali- 

 fornia privet 

 Six standard roses 

 Thirty baby rambler rose 

 Ten Japanese barberry 

 Two Hovey's arborvitae 



7. Two yew 



8. Six hybrid deutzia 



9. Six Chinese wistaria 



10. Five deutzia 



11. Six blue spirea 



12. Four Thunberg's spirea 



13. Two arborvitae 



14. Two storax 



1 5. Four rose of Sharon 



16. Three black alder 



17. Three globe flower 



Acer platinoides 

 Liguslrum ovali- 

 jolium 



Berberis Thuribergii 

 Thuya occidentalism 



var. Hovcyi 

 Taxis baccala 

 Dculzia Lemoinci 

 Wistaria Chinensis 

 Deutzia gracilis 

 Caryoplcris Masta- 



canthus 

 S pir a a T hun- 



bergii 

 Thuya occidcnlalis 

 Styrax Japonica 

 Hibiscus Syriacus 

 ■ Ilex verticillata 

 Kcrria Japonica 



29.00 

 6.00 

 9.00 

 3.00 



4.00 



3.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 1.30 

 1.03 



ig. 



Three Japanese snowball 



Viburnum tomen- 

 tosuni, var. plica- 









turn 



1.50 



IQ. 



Seven swamp rose mallow 



Hibiscus Afoscheu- 









los 



1.05 



20. 



Four peonv 



Pcronia officinalis 



2.00 



21. 



Five showy larkspur 



Delphinium jor- 









mosum 



1. 00 



22. 



Ten pearl achillea 



A ch illea Plarm tea, 









var. flore pleno 



1.25 



2S- 



Nine German iris 



Iris Germanica 



J -35 



24. 



Nine Caucasian soapwort 



Saponaria Caucasica 



1.80 



2>. 



Eight coneflower 



Rudbcckia peciosa 



1.60 



26. 



Eight perennial phlox 



Phlox paniculata 



1.60 



27. 



Six Shasta daisy 



Chrysanthemum 





-8. 



Seven Japanese iris 



Iris laevigata (/. 









Kcempfcri) 



1.40 



20- 



Six baby's breath 



Gypsophila pani- 









culata 



1.20 



30 ■ 



Four spiked loosestrife 



Ly thrum Salicaria 



1. 00 



Total Cost, Four hundred and sixty-eight plants Sioo.oo 



t. Two ash 



Fraxinns Anier- 







icana 



S5.00 



2. 



Thirtv-eight Japanese barberrv 



Berberis Thun- 









bergii 



7.60 



3. 



Two weeping mulberry 



Morns alba, var. 

 Pendula ( M. Tar- 









tarica, var. alba) 



4.00 



4- 



Two box 



Buxus sempcr- 









virens 



6.00 



S". 



Six savin 



Juniperus Sabina 



12.00 



6. 



Four Chinese wistaria 



Wistaria Chinen- 









sis 



2.00 



7. 



Two Japanese virgin's bower 



Clematis panicu- 









lata 



•50 



3. 



Three Van Houtte's spiraea 



Spiraa Van Hoitt- 









tei 



1.50 



0. 



Three rose of Sharon 



Hibiscus Syriacus 



1.50 



10. 



Five golden bells 



Forsyth ia viridis- 









sima 



2.50 



11. 



Foursyringa 



Philadelphus cor- 









onanus 



2.00 



12. 



Two smoke tree 



Rhus cotinus 



1. SO 



13 



Four Persian lilac 



Syringa Persica 



3-00 



14. 



Three flowering raspberry 



Rubus odoratus 



.qo 



Total Cost, Eighty plants 



§5°-°0 



I. 



Two sugar maple 



Acer saccharium 



S4.00 



2. 



Two hardy hydrangea 



Hydra ngea pa n ir.- 

 ulafa, var. grandi- 









flora 



1. 00 



3 ' 



Fourteen Chinese peony 



Pa-onia a/biflora, var. 

 Sinensis {P. Sin- 









ensis) 



7.00 



A- 



Four Chinese wistaria 



1 1 ' ist r ia Ch in en sis 



2.00 



<,. 



Two Japanese virgin's bower 



Clemat is pan iculata 



.50 



6. 



Five snowberry 



Symphoricarpos ra- 









cemosus 



2.50 



7. 



Three dogwood 



Cornus sanguinea 



i- 50 



8. 



Eight rugosa rose 



Rosa rugosa 



1.50 



0- 



One horse chestnut 



sEsculus Hippoca- 









stanum 



2.00 



10. 



Three snowflower 



Deutzia scabra. 







• 



var. crcnata 



1-50 



11. 



Three rose of Sharon 



Hibiscus Syriacus 



1.50 



Total Cost, Forty-seven plants 



S25.00 



A. pioi 5C x 100 ft. m&y be redeemed by an expenditure of $25.00 for plants, which can be planted by a good gardener in one day. One expert man and a 

 laborer couid plant the fifty dollars' worth in one day for about $5.00. It would taKe these two men two days to plant (he hundred dollars' worth. Always have 

 one competent gardener on the planting work ; if he needs assistance, hire day-laborers 



