The Garden Magazine, January, 1920 



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as possible. And as groups of evergreens should have varied 

 outline these are not selected of uniform size, but are to be of 

 different heights to make artistic groupings. 



With the exception of one small Retinispora squarrosa 

 Veitchii, which is bluish gray and is used in a group of varie- 

 gated foliage, all the evergreens used are green; perhaps a 

 master hand can create harmonies of blue and yellow and 

 green trees, but I was afraid that in this small space they 

 might strike a discordant note. A few small deciduous trees 

 are added to the evergreens for some special beauty of blos- 

 soming or habit as well as for the color of their bark or red 

 berries in winter; they also lighten the effect of the evergreen 

 planting. 



Mountain Laurel forms the main planting in each of the 

 four divisions, as its foliage is always healthy and bright in 

 sunshine or shadow, winter or summer ; it does well, too, on dry 

 hillsides or boggy lowlands. Quite a number of other ever- 

 green shrubs and ground covers are used. It seems to be 

 a matter of individual care and study as to the needs of these 

 that make for success. In the sheltered position obtained 

 by the wall where they will be given a good two feet of well- 

 dug soil composed principally of leaf mold and peat in which 

 their fine roots may revel, they should all do well however. 

 Evergreen shrubs need this fine cool earth to do their best. 

 If given the ordinary loam they simply curl up their little 

 toes, and if they do not die, at least look so forlorn that one 

 almost wishes they would! 



Some of the bulbs will need a little ground bone or similar 

 food occasionally, but give it with care so as not to interfere 

 with plants that do not want such a strong diet. Most of 

 these shrubs and ground covers that hold their foliage through 

 the winter have flowers in spring or summer, so that with the 

 addition of spring bulbs and a 

 few Lilies for later blooming, the 

 garden will not lack interest at 

 any time. A pool in a winter 

 garden may seem unnecessary, 

 but it adds so much of beauty and 

 interest in the months when it is 

 free from ice and brings so much 

 color and variety into the quiet 

 garden by its reflections of the 

 everchanging skies, in addition to 

 doubling the loveliness of the 

 nodding Narcissus on its margin 

 in the spring, that it is irresistible. 



WHILE color is not to be 

 made the main feature of 

 this garden, care can be taken in 

 the arrangement of the materials, 

 and two small pictures of decided 

 winter colorings made. One to 

 the west of the winter house is of 

 variegated foliage of white, green, 

 and pink with a little Japanese 

 Cypress that seemed to be the 

 right color note for this place. It 

 grows to a good size if allowed to 

 but will stand any amount of 

 shearing to keep it the size wanted. 



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On the opposite side of the path the effect is brown, red, and 

 yellow; the brown is given by the bronze tones of a group of 

 Mahonia and the dark brown twigs of a planting of Japanese 

 Barberries. The many red berries of the Barberries and a 

 small group of dwarf red-twigged Dogwood furnish the red; 

 two Japanese Witch-hazels, with their yellow blossoms that 

 pay no heed to even zero weather, and a small group of 

 golden Willows contribute the principal yellow note which 

 the Jasmine on the wall near by echoes in its season. 



These shrubs and plants need to be planted quite closely 

 to be effective. Use ground covers everywhere, allowing no 

 ground to show, or the whole effect will be spoiled. The 

 grouping of the materials available for use reveals that there 

 are possibilities beyond those ordinarily thought of. Here 

 follows the list. The numbers have reference to their pro- 

 posed use in the accompanying plan. 



Main Features. — i, Benches. — 2, Bird houses on posts. — 3, Birds' 

 bath. — 4, Birds' feeding table. — 5, Colorado Silver Fir.— 6, Pea- 

 fruited Japanese Cypress. — 7, Oriental Spruce. — 8, Hemlock. — 

 9, Red Cedar. — 10, White Dogwood. — 1 1, White Birch. — 12, Shad- 

 bush. — 13, Scarlet Thorn. — 14, Retinispora squarrosa Veitchii. 



Low Shrubs. — 15, Mountain Laurel. — 16, Rhododendron pur- 

 pureum grandiflorum. — 17, Rhododendron Lady Armstrong (Pale 

 rose.)— 18, Rhododendron C. S. Sargent (Bright scarlet). — 19, Rho- 

 dodendron Album elegans (good white). — 20, White Indian Azalea. 

 — 21, Azalea Hinomanyo (Pink). — 22, Andromeda Catesbaei. — 

 23, Andromeda floribunda. — 24, Andromeda japonica. — 25, An- 

 dromeda polifolia. — 26, Cotoneaster buxifolia. — 27, Cotoneaster 

 microphylla. — 28, Cotoneaster thymifolia. — 29, Evonymus japoni- 

 cus argenteus. — 30, Osmanthus Aquifolium. — 31, Mahonia Aqui- 

 folium. — 32, Japanese Witch-Hazel. — 33, American Holly. — 34, 

 Japanese Barberry. — 35, Red-twigged Dogwood. — 36, Golden- 

 barked Willow. — 37, Broom Crow- 

 berry. — 38, Scotch Heather, White 

 variety. — 39, Yucca. 



Vines — 40, Yellow Jasmine. — 41, 

 Hall's Evergreen Honeysuckle. — 42, 

 Evergreen Bittersweet. — 43, English 

 Ivy. 



Evergreen Ferns. — 44,Spinulose 

 Wood Fern. — 45, Christmas Fern 

 (Aspidium acrostichoides). — 46, As- 

 pidium cristatum Clintonianum. — 

 47, Aspidium Felix-mas. — 48, Ever- 

 green Wood Fern Aspidium margi- 

 nale). — 49, Aspidium muniyum. — 50, 

 Prickley Shield Fern. 



Evergreen Ground Covers. — 51, 

 Bearberry. — 52, Garland Flower. — 



53, Evonymus radicans variegata. — 



54, Trailing Arbutus. — 55, Box 

 Huckleberry. — 56, Hepatica triloba. 



— 57, Christmas-rose. — 58, Ever- 

 green Candytuft. — 59, Phlox 

 amoena. — 60, Japanese Spurge. — 61, 

 S h o r t i a galacifolia. — 62, Wild 

 Thyme. — 63, Golden-leaved Lemon 

 Thyme. — 64, Viola cornuta. — 65, 

 Myrtle. — 66, Heuchera americana. 



— 67, Coral-bells. — 68, Lycopodium 

 complanatum. — 69, Ground - pine. 

 — 70, Wintergreen-berry. — 71, Part- 

 ridge-berry. 



