Mat, 1907 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



223 



do not bloom more than once there is no 

 reason why every city yard should not be 

 gay with flowers in April and early May, 

 the time when the contrast between city and 

 country life is the greatest. Thousands of 

 people who do not count themselves wealthy 

 will spend $1.75 to $4.00 on a single meal 

 but never think that the same amount would 

 buy a hundred choice named tulips. 



In the tenement regions below 14th Street 

 most of the yards are cemented over, but the 

 National Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild is 

 trying to save borders around these back- 

 yards for planting with shrubs and plants. 

 Anyone who desires to help this work should 

 ask the Secretary, at 70 Fifth Avenue for 

 information. 



It costs about twenty dollars to plant a 

 tree on the sidewalk on Manhattan Island, 

 and trees are necessarily short-lived under 

 such conditions. This sum includes the 

 permit, soil, and the cost of making a hole 

 in the stone sidewalk. 



Probably the very best plant for big cities 

 is the Japan ivy {Ampelopsis tricus pidata) , 

 which will cover the wall completely to a 

 height of three or four stories even when it 

 has only a hole in a stone sidewalk a foot 

 in diameter to grow through. 



Its only rival in New York City is the 

 wistaria, which climbs straight up iron rods 

 to the top of a six-story building, but it 

 rarely flowers on the front side of a house. 

 I am confident that you can make these old 

 vines flower by a simple method of treatment 

 which I am willing to give free to a limited 

 number of readers of The Garden Mag- 

 azine who apply before August 1, 1907, 

 on condition that I may take photographs 

 for The Garden Magazine to prove my 

 success. 



the fern garden (plan i) 



As this garden receives only one hour of 

 sunlight, flowers are out of the question. 

 The only things that will grow are foliage 

 plants, of which ferns are the least expensive. 



Do not buy the ferns that are hawked 

 about the street in spring by pedlars, because 

 they have robbed the woods to get them. 

 Besides, they will not live, because the roots 

 have been exposed too much to sun and air. 

 You can buy these ferns from any good 

 nurserymen, and they can probably be 

 delivered by express at your own door from 

 Vermont or Massachusetts cheaper than you 

 can go out into the country and collect them. 



Few people realize the possibilities of the 

 hardy ferns. Many of them are especially 

 adapted to planting in cold dark corners, 

 near buildings or under trees. 



Allthough many of them grow naturally 

 in very damp or wet places the drainage is 

 always perfect. They will not endure a 

 stagnant soil therefore always use the greatest 

 care in preparing the bed for them. 



THE THREE-HOUR GARDEN (PLAN 2) 



Three hours' sunlight is not sufficient for 

 flowering shrubs. They may bloom once 

 but will not last very long under such con- 

 ditions. We must content ourselves with 

 vines and a few perennials. The vines here 



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1. Climbing euonymus (5) 



2. Hall's honeysuckle (6) 



3. Autumn clematis (3) 



4. Virginia creeper (3) 



5. Variegated plantain lily (6) 



6. Japanese spirea (6) 



7. Spiderwort (7) 



8. Crested dwarf iris (8) 



9. Bee balm (6) 



10. Lily-of-the-valley (36) 



Euonymus radicans 

 Lonicera Japonica, var. 



Halliana 

 Clematis paniculata 

 Ampelopsis quinqitejolia 

 Funkia lancijolia, var. alba- 



marginata 

 Spira>a Japonica 

 Tradescantia Virginica 

 Iris crislata 

 Monarda didyma 

 Convallaria majalis 



11. Japanese anemone (14) 



12. Large-flowered plantain lily (5) 



13. Spiraea Ulmaria (10) 



14. Orange day lily (9) 



15. Monkshood (8) 



16. Columbine (10) 



17. David's clematis (8) 



18. Pompon chrysanthemum (6) 



19. Bleeding heart (7) 



Price of plants 



Anemone Japonica 

 Funkia subcordata, var. 



grandiflora 

 Ulmaria peutapelala 

 Hemerocallis julva 

 Aconilum Napellus 

 Aquilegia vulgaris 

 Clematis heraclecejolia, var. 



Davidiana 

 Chrysanthemum lndicum 

 Dicenlra speclabilis 

 S50.00 



Plan 2. A garden of perennials which succeed in partially shaded situations. Three hours of sunlight each day 



mentioned will be permanent. We may 

 expect a tolerable showing of flowers from 

 the autumn clematis and enough from Hall's 

 honeysuckle to make the air fragrant for a 

 fortnight. The climbing euonymus is in- 

 cluded because of its rich evergreen foliage 

 which should be cheerv in winter unless there 



is too much soft coal smoke near by. Vir- 

 ginia creeper is included for its foliage effect 

 and in the hope that it may color somewhat 

 in the autumn. The perennials for this 

 purpose must be large clumps worth twenty- 

 five to fifty cents each, as small fifteen-cent 

 plants take a very much longer time to 



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1. Hall's honej'suckle (9) 



2. Crimson Rambler roses (2) 



3. Autumn clematis (2) 



4. Dorothy Perkins rose (1) 



5. Virginia cr?eper (3) 



Lonicera Japonica, v; 



Halliana 

 Rosa mullifora, var. 

 Clematis paniculata 

 Rosa multiflora, var. 

 A mpelopsis quinquefolia 



6. Crocus (100) 



7. Grape hyacinth (100) 



8. Snowdrops (200) 



9. Corydalis (100) 

 10. Hybrid perpetual roses (12) 



Crocus vermis — mixed 

 Muscari bolryoides — mixed 

 Galanthus nivalis 

 Corydalis lutca 

 Rosa hybrida 



Price of plants, $50.00 

 Plan 3, For a yard with five hours sunlight a day. Pvoses and vines will succeed here 



