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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



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the coral-pink petals of the Oriental Poppy. These 

 feature flowers are also seen near the terrace, 

 where are masses of true blue Larkspur and the 

 sulphur-yellow blooms of Harison's Yellow Rose, 

 the whole forming one of the most exquisite 

 combinations possible. To the shady front of the 

 house has been relegated the early and late 

 double white Peonies, whose foliage is attractive 

 even after the flowers have had their day. 



If one's patriotism must find expression in the 

 color scheme, try an effect of blue Larkspur, red 

 Oriental Poppies and candidum Lilies, omitting 

 any pink and yellow. Such would be at its height 

 of bloom about the Fourth of July. 



Later in the summer, chosen in early and late 

 varieties with the object of prolonging the bloom, 

 is a single large clump of white Phlox, and in 

 the autumn one tall mass of yellow Helenium. 

 Not even the vines are allowed to neglect their 

 duty in this intensive garden. The scarlet 

 Trumpet-creeper comes in midsummer; in the 

 autumn the fences are white with a mantle of 

 Clematis paniculata. 



Boundary borders planted to flowers and shrubs in the beginning will be ready with "matured effect" 

 whenever the central area becomes a lawn 



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Aside from its white flowers which blossom in 

 July, the berries from a single cluster of Elder 

 will furnish sufficient color to transform an insipid 

 kettleful of apple juice to a dancing ruby. 



Standing above the lower masses of the goose- 

 berries, their tall stems spaced at equal intervals, 

 the standard currants are particularly decorative 

 when laden with pendant clusters of gleaming 

 red fruit. Blackberries will thrive on the shady 



PLANTING LIST 



The Figures Refer to the Index Number on the Plan 



Trees 



i Juglans, 3 trees. Black walnut 



2 Dwarf sour cherry, or other fruits of med- 



ium size like plum, pear or dwarf apple, 

 3 trees 



3 Peach, I tree 



4 Plum, I tree 



5 Quince, 2 trees . 



Shrubs, Vines, and Small Fruits 



6 Eleagnus longipes, 4 plants, 5' apart . 



7 Grape Catawba, 3 vines ....'. 



8 Clematis paniculata, 6 vines .... 



9 Tecoma radicans (Campsis), 2 vines; 



Trumpet-creeper 



10 Berberis, 65 plants 2j' apart, barberry for 



hedge 



1 1 Blackberries (or gooseberries) 8 plants, 



3' apart 



12 Raspberries, black or red, 10 plants, 2'- 



3' apart. 



13 Standard currants red fruited, 7 plants 



14 Syringa vulgaris hybrids, lilac, 9 plants, 



2'-3'; Madame Lemoine, double white, 

 3' high; Marie LeGraye, single white 



15 Exochorda granliflora, 2 plants, 3' apart. 



Pearl-bush . 



16 Sambucus canadensis, 1 plant; Elderberry 



17 Sp'-aea Vanhouttei, 9 plants, 3' apart. 



in Houtte's Spiraea 



18 Sp..aea prunifolia, 2 plants, specimens 

 Lonicera tatarica rosea, 2 plants 4' apart. 



Pink-flowered Bush-honeysuckle 



20 Amelanchier botryapium, 3 plants, 3' apart 



Shadbush or Juneberry 



21 Rose Harison's Yellow, I plant 



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5 '"6 



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5 '-6' 

 S'-6' 

 3-4' 



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2 vr. 

 2 yr. 



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2-3 

 2-3' 



2-3' 

 3-4' 



2-3' 



2-3 



-6" apart. 



Hereaceous Plants 



22 Narcissus Trumpet Major, 25 bulbs 5' 



Large deep yellow Trumpet-dalfodil, April and 

 May 



23 Darwin Tulip Edmee, 23 bulbs, 5 "-6" apart. Vivid 



cherrv rose, late May 



24 Iris pallida dalmatica, 20 plants, 12" apart. Large 



flowers, soft china gray blue, late May 



25 Peonies, double white, 7 plants, z\' apart. Festiva 



maxima, early; May and June. Couronne d'Or, 

 midseason; June 



26 Papaver orientale Mrs. Perry, 18 plants, 12" apart. 



Oriental Poppy, salmon rose, late June and July . 



27 Delphinium Gold Medal Hybrids, 15 plants, 1' 



apart. Best hybrid Larkspur, June and July 

 2K Phlox paniculata, white, 20 plants, 15" apart. Miss 

 Lingard, early, June and July, pale lavender eye. 

 Ktta's Choice, August and September, pure white 



29 Helenium autumnale, 10 plants, 18" apart. Sneeze- 



wort, yellow, September 



30 Nepeta peperita, 10 plants, 12" apart. Peppermint 



31 Marigolds, tall orange African, seeds (annual) 

 Centaurea cyanus, deep blue Cornflower, seeds (an- 

 nual) 



Total estimated cost of materials 



.40 



.60 

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1.25 

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2.40 



2.45 

 3-75 

 3.10 



2.00 



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side of the fence, and who has 

 not admired their blossoms, like 

 small white single Roses, along 

 a country road? 



Grape vines, preferably the 

 Catawba whose clusters of small 

 red fruit Site as attractive to the 

 eye as they are delicious to the 

 palate, furnish shade for the 

 trellis adjoining the living room. Wild 

 strawberries would also thrive in the shade 

 near the blackberries, but would have to 

 be collected from the meadow or the road- 

 side. In the shade of the fruit trees where 

 it can spread undisturbed mint makes a 

 fragrant and a useful bed. The space be- 

 tween the driveway and the house can be 

 bordered with parsley and sown to Mari- 

 golds and Cornflowers of orange and blue. 



TN LATE May and June "the high tide 

 of the year" is the time for us to enjoy 

 all the flowers we can obtain for concen- 

 trated effect near the terrace and front of 

 the house. As a foil to the herbaceous 

 plants as well as for their own effectiveness, 

 we have the shrubs — principally white 

 flowering varieties — hybrid Lilacs single 

 and double, Pearl-bush whose gleaming 

 clusters are arrayed against a background 

 of tender green; the familiar drooping 

 Spiraea Vanhouttei and, guarding the en- 

 trance, the taller Spiraea prunifolia or 

 Bridal-wreath, later on glorious in the 

 autumn red of its foliage. 



With these will bloom the pink Tartarian 

 Honeysuckle whose branches, like those 

 of the Pearl-bush, are very early clothed 

 with luxuriant foliage — a charming charac- 

 teristic in a shrub — and whose red or yellow 

 fruits, though not edible, are in midsummer 

 extremely decorative. 



'"r v HE advance guard of the flowers 

 •*- for which the shrubs are to form 

 the setting is composed of the Darwin 

 Tulip Edmee which, of deep cherry 

 rose, twinkles and flames against the 

 white cascades of Spiraea Vanhouttei, 

 to be followed very shortly by the 

 large porcelain-blue flowers of the Iris 

 pallida, which, with their broad, gray- 

 green leaves are refreshingly outlined 

 against the silvery-gray foliage of the 

 Eleagnus. And against the same effec- 

 tive background, but a little later in 

 the season, will flash and coruscate 



Devoted to stern utility now but planned for the future as a garden of 

 beauty and recreation (See Planting List) 



