July, 1907 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



339 



from winter winds and sunshine or they will 

 be badly faded. 



PLAN 3. PERENNIALS FOR $75 



This plan is for a lover of hardy flowers. 

 There will be something in bloom almost 

 every day from April to October. The 

 garden will require an hour's care every day 

 on the average. Some people may not care 

 to have small evergreens in their border of 

 perennials and would prefer a solid back- 

 ground of shrubbery. The hydrangeas in 

 the front yard will make two very showy 

 masses — perhaps too showy. The important 

 thing is to realize that border planting is 

 better than scattering things about. An- 

 other principle is that an undulating front is 

 better for a hardy garden than a straight 

 line, unless the border is in a formal situation, 

 e. g., when it lines a straight walk. 



If ycu can afford $75, you can have several 

 evergreens. Dwarf conifers of globular or 

 pyramidal shape are appropriate for the front 

 of the house because their formal lines har- 

 monize with those of architecture. They 

 give a certain stateliness and dignity to 

 formal surroundings that informal plants 

 cannot possibly give. 



PLAN 4. YEAR-ROUND ATTRACTIONS, $IOO 



This plan will make a man's home grounds 

 attractive every day of the winter, when most 

 yards are bare and unsightly. This result 

 is accomplished by using red berries that last 

 all winter, shrubs with brightly-colored bark 

 and the evergreens of two kinds — broad- 

 leaved and narrow-leaved. 



Of broad-leaved evergreens there are 

 thirteen plants — seven English ivy, four 

 Japanese holly and two pyramidal boxwood. 

 The English ivy covers the sheltered wall of 

 the bouse. North of Philadelphia this is 

 not sufficiently hardy and tall growing, and 

 should be replaced by the climbing euonymus 

 (E. radicans), which will grow up to the 

 second story in a climate where English ivy 

 can be used only as a ground cover. 



Of the narrow-leaved evergreens, or 

 conifers, there are nine specimens represent- 

 ing five species. Some help to make the 

 entrance attractive and others are to furnish 

 a background for the red berries and shrubs 

 with brightly colored bark. 



The Japanese barberry is massed at the 

 corners in the front yard where its red berries 

 will be enjoyed by passersby from October 

 to March. The autumn colors of the foliage 

 are also very brilliant. This bush grows 

 only four feet high, but is prickly enough 

 to keep anyone from trying to cut across 

 the corners of the lot. It has the extraor- 

 dinary merit of being well furnished with 

 foliage right down to the ground, while the 

 common barberry is bare at the base. 



The common barberry has the advantage 

 over the Japanese in having its berries borne 

 in clusters, while those of the Japanese are 

 scattered singly along the branches. There 

 are five of these common barberries in the 

 background (No. 20, in Plan 4) where they 

 will make a warm spot of color all winter. 

 If your dining room happens to be on the 

 other side of the house, you could make these 



change places with the group of golden bells 

 (No. 16), as it is very pleasant to see some- 

 thing warm against the snow. 



There are also nine shrubs in the back 

 yard that will be a brilliant red all winter. 



These are the Siberian and American redv 

 osier dogwoods. The brightest color is 

 always located in the year-old wood and 

 therefore it is best to cut these shrubs right 

 down to the ground every third year. 



0. 



California privet (ioo) 



Ligiistrnm ovalifolium 



2S- 



Columbine (4) 



Aquilegia vulgaris 



I. 



American elm -(2) 



Ulmus Americana 



2b. 



Foxglove (5I 



Digitalis purpurea, var. 



2. 



Hardy hydrangea (14) 



Hydrangea paniculata. 







gloxiniaflora 







var. grandiflora 



27- 



Double sunflower (3) 



Helianihus multiHorus, 



3. 



English vew (2) 



Taxus baccata, var. erecta 







var. flore-pleno 



4- 



Globe arborvitae (6) 



Thuya occidentalism var. 

 globosa 



28. 



Rosy milfoil (4) 



Achillea millefolium, var. 

 roseum 



■!. 



Azalea (3) 



Azalea lndica, var. amcena 



20. 



Blue Japanese iris (3) 



Iris laevigata 



6. 



Siberian arborvitae (1) 



Thuya occidentalis, var. 



30 



Snakeroot (3) 



Cimicijuga racemosa 







H arcana 



31. 



Phlox, Eclaireur (s> 



Phlox paniculata, var. 



7- 



Mock orange (4) 



Philadelphus grandiflorus 



32. 



Orange day lily (?) 



Hemerocallis fulva 



8. 



Rose of Sharon (4) 



Hibiscus Syriacus 



33- 



New England aster (3) 



Aster Nova-Anglice 



9- 



Golden bell (1) 



Forsythia suspensa, var. 

 Fortunei 



34- 



Blanket flower (4) 



Gaillardia aristata, var. 

 grandiflora 



10. 



White kerrias (2) 



Rhodotypos kerrioides 



3S. 



Phlox, Marie Stuart (4) 



Phlox paniculata, var. 



11 



Japanese snowball (1) 



Viburnum tomcntosum, 



36. 



Sneezewort (3) 



Helenium autumnale 







var. plicatum 



17- 



Gasplant (3) 



Dictamnus alba 



12 



Storax (1) 



Slyrax Japonica 



38. 



David's clematis (4) 



Clematis heracle&folia var. 



13. 



Persian lilac (3) 



Syringa Persica 







Davidiana 



14. 



Plantain lily (3) 



Funkia lancifolia, var. 

 variegata 



39- 



Larkspur (5) 



Delphinium formosum 

 and D. hybridium 



IS 



Tickseed (3) 



Coreopsis lanccolata 



40. 



Pompon chrysanthemum (4) 



Chrysanthemum Indicum 



16. 



Crimson eye (3) 



Hibiscus Moscheutus, var. 



Crimson Eye 

 Veronica longijolia, var. 



41. 



Japanese iris, Eclipse (5) 



Iris laevigata, var. 



T 7- 



Speedwell (4) 



42. 



Loose-strife (7) 



Lysimachia cleihroides 









43- 



Cone flower (j) 



Rudbeckia speciosa 



18. 



Horsemint (3) 



Monarda didyma 



44. 



Gay feather (3) 



Liatris pycnoslachya 



10. 



Hollyhock (g) 



Althcca rosea 



45- 



Baby's breath (3) 



Gypsophilla paniculata 



20. 



Bleeding heart (3) 



Dicentra speclabilis 



46. 



Irish yew (2) 



Taxus baccata, var. jasti- 



21. 



Shasta daisy (3) 



Chrysanthemum Lcucan- 







giata 







Ihemum 



47- 



Irish juniper (3) 



Juniperus communis, var. 



22. 



German iris, Gracchus (6) 



Iris Germanica var. 







Hibernica 



2.3- 



False chamomile (6) 



Boltonia latisquama 



48. 



White birch (1) 



Betula alba 



24. 



The Pearl achillea (3) 



Achillea Plarmica, var. 



40- 



Peony (8) 



Paonia officinalis 







fiore-pleno 





Price of plants 



S75.00 





Plan 3. For 



a flower lover. Hardy bord 



ers 



hat will bloom from April to 



October 



1. Pin oak (2) 



2. Colorado blue spruce (2) 



3. Irish yew (2) 



4. Japanese barberry (12) 



5. Pyramidal box (2) 



6. Globe arborvitae 



7. Crimson Rambler rose (2) 



8. Akebia (2) 



9. Japan ivy (9) 



10. English ivy (7) 



11. Red-osier dogwood (3) 



12. Chinese golden bell (3) 



Plan 4. Year 



Quercus palustris 



Picea pungens, var. 



glauca 

 Taxus baccata, var. fasli- 



giata 

 Berberis Thunbergii 

 Buxus sempervirens 

 Thuya occidentalis, var. 



globosa 

 Rosa multiflora 

 Akebia quinata 

 A mpelopsis tricuspidala 

 Hedera Helix 

 Cornus stolonijera 

 Forsythia suspensa, var. 



Fortunei 

 round attractions for $100. 



13. Japanese holly (4) 



14. Black alder (s) 



13. American arborvitae 



16. Golden bell (6) 



17. Siberian dogwood (6) 



18. Globe flower (7) 



19. Rose of Sharon (4) 



20. Common barberry (5) 



21. California privet (3) 



22. Austrian pine (1) 



23. Oriental spruce fi) 



24. Indian currant (8) 



Price of 

 Is particularly strong in 



Ilex crenata 

 Ilex verticillala 

 Thuya occidentalis 

 Forsythia suspensa 

 Cornus alba, var. SibirUa 

 Kerria Japonica 

 Hibiscus Syriacus 

 Berberis vulgaris 

 Ligustrum ovalHolium 

 Pinus Laricio, var. Aus- 



triura 

 Picea orientalis 

 Symphoricarpos vulgaris 



plants, $100.00 



winter features 



