April, 1914 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



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to $1.50; the rose bushes, about six dozen, 

 to $24.00; the standards to $6.00 and the 

 clematises or other vines to $2.00. If 

 polyantha roses be substituted for the 

 standards the cost would be reduced by at 

 least $3.00. The time for upkeep would 

 average six hours a week for roses require 

 much care and the cost for sprays and spec- 

 ial fertilizers would be about $.30 weekly. 

 Labor prices vary; an expert gardener 

 charges $5.00 a day, but an ordinary laborer 

 can do the work with a little supervision 

 and charges only $1.50 a day or $.20 an 

 hour. According to the second scheme — 

 perennials and annuals in the beds and a 

 brick or stone edging instead of box along 

 the grass paths — the initial cost would be 

 much less, $25.00; $20.00 for plants and 

 $5.00 for roses, including the planting. 

 The upkeep would require not more than 

 four or five hours a week except in the 

 spring and there would be little or no ex- 

 penditure for insecticides. A good show- 

 ing of bulbs can be had for $5.00 and a 

 very fine display indeed for $10.00. A 

 combination of these schemes, such as roses 

 in the front beds and perennials in the 

 back ones and a liberal use of annuals will 

 greatly modify the cost. 



Plan II, like the preceding, is adapted 

 for a prim, old-time garden; indeed, it is 

 not suited for other than rather formal 

 planting. For low annuals or bulbs it is 

 particularly good but let the gardener be- 

 ware of masses of vivid color — they re- 

 quire a large setting. As a rose garden 

 whether edged with box or bricks it would 

 be very effective. Along the fence may 

 be planted the usual vines and in addition 

 clumps of the taller perennials — holly- 

 hocks, mallows, sunflowers, delphinium, 

 phlox, chrysanthemums, and, if roses fill 

 the beds, of hyacinths and the May-flower- 

 ing tulips, which will prolong the period of 

 bloom and soften the hard straight lines. 

 The initial cost will be somewhat less than 

 that of Plan I. because, although it will 

 take as long to lay it out and keep it up, 

 the beds being smaller will require fewer 

 plants. For grass paths, brick edging, 

 and roses, the cost will approximate $20.00; 

 box-edging will increase it by $10; clumps 

 of perennials along the fence by $5.00. 

 Annuals if raised from seed would not ex- 

 ceed $2.00. Bedding-out plants — stocks, 

 snapdragon, geraniums — average $1.00 a 

 dozen and if used exclusively would amount 

 to as much as roses. $10 would pay for a 

 fine display of bulbs if narcissus and the 

 cheaper bedding tulips were largely used. 



Plan III. will look best if shrubs and 

 perennials predominate in the beds around 

 the open grass space, which may be broken 

 by a little sundial, a pillar rose, a birds' bath, 

 or a little pool. If no shrubs are to be 

 used, simply herbaceous plants (those that 

 die down to the ground in winter and come 

 up again in the spring) and annuals, vines 

 should be trained over the fences. These 

 should be light so that they will not exclude 

 light and air. Instead of roses, sweet 

 peas can be used to partially screen the 

 laundry yard. The very tall plants — 



III. Evergreens, deciduous shrubs and perennials for summer flower are used here. (R. indicates Rhododendrons) 



perennial sunflowers, delphinium, holly- 

 hocks, mallows, boltonia, anchusa, liatris — 

 should be kept well to the back; in front 

 of these and along the side fences would 

 go the medium growers — foxgloves, phlox, 

 lupine, campanulas, platycodon, veronica, 

 lychnis, physostegia, coreopsis, chrysan- 

 themums; then the low plants — pyre- 

 thrum, shasta daisy, linum, agrostemma; 

 finally the edging plants — arabis, candy- 

 tuft, moss pink, thrift, A lyssum saxatile, 

 and pinks. Between the garden and 

 the laundry yard, the plants should not 

 exceed 12 or 18 inches. Peonies, iris, 

 yucca, bleeding heart, would look well here. 

 To give the effect of a walk the entrance 



path could be lined with polyantha roses 

 or with iris. Annuals and such half- 

 hardy plants as dahlias and gladioli should 

 be freely used to give color and to fill up 

 gaps. Such a garden would take, like the 

 others, three to four days to lay out, about 

 four hours a week to keep in condition, 

 and would cost from $15.00 to $30.00 to 

 stock according to the number of peren- 

 nials used. 



If shrubs are to be used care must be 

 exercised in the planting to secure an 

 arrangement which will present a pleasing 

 contour in winter and not a series of straight 

 lines and angles. Therefore it is almost 

 imperative to use evergreens. However if 



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IV. Adapted to the shaded spot or a northern exposure. Shrubbery and flowering plants are used 



