April, 1911 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



1 55 



Example of a permanent evergreen hedge — hem- 

 lock. Less permanent is Norway spruce 



move large evergreens which may do the 

 work at once, e. g., red cedars. The tem- 

 porary way is to plant poplars or willows, 

 which are short-lived and ineffective in 

 winter. 



Second, locate the beautiful objects 

 outside your property which you can 

 bring into view. If trees hide the view, 

 sacrifice as much as is necessary. If 

 the view is good in spots, frame those 

 spots and block out the rest. Probably 

 deciduous trees will do for this purpose. 

 They will be cheaper than evergreens 

 and perhaps you can afford to buy some 

 large ones so as to save years of waiting. 

 For example, sugar and Norway maples 

 are more permanent than silver or ash- 

 leaved maples. 



Third, plant all the rest of your bound- 

 aries with a thick border of trees and shrubs, 

 grouping them informally. Such borders 

 are cheaper to maintain than hedges, 

 because you do not have to trim them to 

 a line three times a year as you must do 

 with privet. 



Borders are more artistic than hedges, 

 blend better with the landscape, do not 

 make artificial lines, and usually give more 

 privacy. 



In the back row plant tall growing 

 shrubs, e. g. viburnums, lilacs, ninebark, 

 mock orange, hydrangea, forsythia. 



In front of these plant medium-sized 

 bushes — those that grow three to five 

 feet high, e. g. barberry, Regel's privet, 

 aromatic sumach, Van Houtte's spirea. 



HAVE A PERMANENT LAWN 



Nearly all the rest of your place which 

 is not covered by buildings, drives and 

 other utilities should be in lawn. 



The lawn that costs least at the start 

 costs the most in the end, because you have 

 a great expense every year for fertilizers, 

 reseeding, and fighting weeds. 



The most permanent lawns are the ones 

 for which the land has been most thor- 

 oughly prepared, by repeated plowings, 

 and harrowings and by heavy liming and 

 manuring. 



If the top soil is bad, you can get a 

 permanent lawn only by carting on a 

 foot or more of good soil. 



Your lawn will cost more to maintain 

 if you scatter trees and shrubs over it. 

 Leave the lawn open. Plant trees and 

 shrubs only at the sides. This way is 

 more artistic and the lawn can be mowed 

 and rolled more cheaply. If you want 

 to see how money goes for nothing watch 

 the men dodging trees on a lawn peppered 

 with specimens. 



PERMANENT PLANTING NEAR THE HOUSE 



The temporary style of planting round 

 a house is to use flower beds. Evergreen 

 borders are better. Beds are mud heaps 

 five-twelfths of the year. Evergreens are 

 beautiful the year round and the right 

 kinds last a lifetime. 



The best evergreens for planting around 

 the foundations of a house are broad- 

 leaved evergreens, e. g. rhododendrons, 

 mountain laurel, American holly, mount- 

 tain andromeda, boxwood, Ilex crenata, 

 the Hinodigiri azalea, and the fire thorn. 

 They cost more than any other class of 

 plants, but they do more, because most of 

 them have attractive flowers or fruits 

 in addition to year-round beauty. The 



Example of a permanent flowering tree — magnolia. 

 Only small trees are fit for gardens 



Example of a permanent screen for unsightly ob- 

 jects — red cedars. Fine background for dogwood 



first cost of making a suitable bed for them 

 is also greater than for other plants, but 

 the cost of maintenance is less. 



The best solution is narrow-leaved ever- 

 greens. The cheapest and showiest plants 

 for the purpose are the golden and varie- 

 gated conifers and the retinisporas, but 

 they are short-lived. More permanent 

 and dignified are Mugho pine and Japanese 

 yew. 



The first method is ideal if supplemented 

 with evergreen vines. The best climbers 

 are English ivy and climbing euonymus, 

 but they must not be used on wooden walls. 

 The popular idea is to plant climbing 

 roses or large-flowered clematis, but they 

 require more care than evergreen vines 

 and their beauty is shorter lived. Put 

 climbing euonymus on your walls and you 

 have the best possible foil for your rhodo- 

 dendrons, and other flowers. 



The more permanent way to hide every 

 square foot of earth around your house is 

 to carpet your rhododendron beds with 

 running myrtle, English ivy, or Pachy- 

 sandra terminalis. But if you feel the need 

 of more color you can plant bulbs of the 

 permanent kinds of lily, e. g., madonna, 

 tiger (variety splendens), Henry's, and 

 speciosum. The golden banded lily is more 

 gorgeous, but short-lived. 



HAVE A PERMANENT GARDEN 



Flowering trees are more permanent 

 than shrubs; flowering shrubs are more 

 permanent than perennial flowers: per- 

 ennials are more permanent than annuals 

 or bedding plants. 



No garden can get along without a few 

 of these temporary flowers, e. g. poppies 

 and geraniums, but the economical thing 



