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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  April, 
  1907 
  

  

  Sun-Dials 
  with 
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  the 
  

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  price 
  that 
  places 
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  the 
  

   reach 
  of 
  all. 
  

  

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  showing 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  designs 
  of 
  

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  Start 
  with 
  the 
  largest 
  stock 
  that 
  can 
  be 
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  takes 
  over 
  twenty 
  years 
  to 
  

  

  grow 
  such 
  trees 
  and 
  shrubs 
  as 
  we 
  offer. 
  

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  waiting 
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  PLANTS 
  FOR 
  THE 
  TERRACE 
  

  

  By 
  Ida 
  D. 
  Bennett 
  

  

  A 
  CERTAIN 
  degree 
  of 
  formality, 
  of 
  

   amenableness 
  to 
  pruning 
  and 
  train- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  it 
  should 
  go, 
  is 
  desir- 
  

   able 
  in 
  the 
  plant 
  of 
  the 
  terrace 
  that 
  is 
  not 
  

   found 
  in 
  plants 
  of 
  lush 
  straggling 
  growth 
  

   but 
  has 
  its 
  highest 
  expression 
  in 
  the 
  little 
  bay 
  

   trees 
  — 
  those 
  prim, 
  self 
  conscious 
  little 
  up- 
  

   starts 
  that 
  so 
  many 
  persist 
  in 
  admiring 
  

   through 
  a 
  mistaken 
  idea 
  that 
  what 
  is 
  costly 
  

   must 
  necessarily 
  be 
  also 
  admirable. 
  I 
  wish 
  

   some 
  one 
  would 
  propagate 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  bay 
  

   tree 
  that 
  was 
  practically 
  indestructible 
  and 
  

   self 
  propagating 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  might 
  become 
  

   so 
  common 
  that 
  we 
  would 
  see 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  them. 
  

   There 
  is, 
  however, 
  a 
  happy 
  medium 
  between 
  

   the 
  supercilious 
  primness 
  of 
  the 
  bay 
  and 
  the 
  

   wanton 
  luxuriance 
  of 
  the 
  fuchsia 
  or 
  other 
  

   half 
  trailing 
  plant 
  that 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  hard 
  

   wooded 
  shrubs 
  with 
  evergreen 
  wax 
  leaves 
  

   and 
  beautiful 
  flowers 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  various 
  

   oleanders 
  and 
  others 
  of 
  their 
  class. 
  The 
  

   oleanders 
  alone 
  have 
  so 
  many 
  varieties, 
  are 
  so 
  

   beautiful 
  in 
  flower 
  and 
  leaf, 
  so 
  readily 
  trained 
  

   into 
  symmetrical 
  form 
  that 
  they 
  should 
  be 
  

   prime 
  favorites 
  for 
  the 
  terrace 
  or 
  steps. 
  

  

  Some 
  twelve 
  or 
  fifteen 
  of 
  the 
  neriums 
  or 
  

   oleanders 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  had, 
  ranging 
  from 
  pure 
  

   white 
  through 
  the 
  most 
  delicate 
  peach 
  blow 
  

   and 
  pink 
  to 
  dark 
  purplish 
  red 
  and 
  shades 
  of 
  

   yellow. 
  When 
  used 
  for 
  terrace 
  work 
  they 
  

   should 
  be 
  kept 
  trimmed 
  back 
  to 
  a 
  rather 
  dwarf 
  

   form 
  and 
  not 
  allowed 
  to 
  grow 
  tall 
  and 
  lank. 
  

   The 
  old-fashioned 
  double 
  pink 
  — 
  splendens 
  — 
  

   will 
  bear 
  comparison 
  with 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  later, 
  

   rarer 
  sorts 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  variegated 
  foliage 
  

   variety 
  of 
  the 
  splendens 
  that 
  is 
  striking 
  

   whether 
  in 
  flower 
  or 
  not, 
  the 
  foliage 
  being 
  

   variegated 
  with 
  cream, 
  pink 
  and 
  white. 
  

   Madam 
  Peyre 
  is 
  a 
  showy 
  sort 
  with 
  large 
  

   creamy 
  yellow 
  blossoms 
  with 
  pink 
  centers; 
  all 
  

   are 
  well 
  worth 
  cultivating. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  beautiful 
  of 
  the 
  hard 
  

   wooded 
  greenhouse 
  shrubs 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   Chinese 
  hibiscus. 
  This, 
  in 
  its 
  many 
  varieties, 
  

   with 
  its 
  beautiful 
  waxy 
  leaves 
  and 
  great 
  

   gorgeous 
  flowers 
  is 
  an 
  object 
  of 
  admiration 
  

   wherever 
  seen. 
  There 
  are 
  numerous 
  varieties 
  

   of 
  the 
  plant 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  well 
  worthy 
  of 
  

   cultivation, 
  but 
  the 
  Magnifica 
  — 
  an 
  immense 
  

   double 
  rosy 
  scarlet 
  — 
  is 
  of 
  all 
  varieties 
  the 
  

   finest, 
  the 
  flowers 
  measuring 
  about 
  five 
  inches 
  

   in 
  diameter 
  and 
  being 
  produced 
  in 
  the 
  great- 
  

   est 
  profusion 
  ; 
  the 
  foliage 
  of 
  this 
  variety 
  is 
  

   especially 
  waxy 
  and 
  handsome. 
  There 
  is 
  also 
  

   a 
  very 
  pretty 
  variegated 
  foliage 
  sort 
  that 
  is 
  

   worthy 
  a 
  place 
  in 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  hibiscus, 
  

   though 
  as 
  a 
  pot 
  plant 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  make 
  the 
  

   robust 
  growth 
  of 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  varieties. 
  

   The 
  hibiscus 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  whimsical 
  in 
  its 
  re- 
  

   quirements 
  ; 
  grown 
  in 
  too 
  much 
  shade 
  it 
  de- 
  

   velops 
  a 
  quantity 
  of 
  beautiful 
  foliage, 
  but 
  

   will 
  not 
  bloom, 
  while 
  in 
  too 
  hot 
  sunshine 
  the 
  

   leaves 
  are 
  inclined 
  to 
  burn, 
  but 
  the 
  sun, 
  es- 
  

   pecially 
  in 
  the 
  morning, 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  bring 
  

   out 
  the 
  bloom, 
  which 
  it 
  does 
  in 
  abundance. 
  

   The 
  plant 
  should 
  never 
  lack 
  for 
  water 
  but 
  

   should 
  be 
  given 
  it 
  in 
  abundance; 
  it 
  will, 
  also, 
  

   be 
  well 
  to 
  supply 
  it 
  during 
  the 
  growing 
  sea- 
  

   son 
  with 
  an 
  occasional 
  dose 
  of 
  liquid 
  manure 
  ; 
  

   it 
  blooms 
  better 
  when 
  somewhat 
  root 
  bound 
  

   and, 
  for 
  this 
  reason, 
  does 
  better 
  in 
  tubs 
  and 
  

   pots 
  than 
  when 
  planted 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  ground. 
  

  

  Several 
  varieties 
  of 
  the 
  bamboo 
  may 
  be 
  

   used 
  with 
  good 
  effect 
  on 
  the 
  terrace; 
  the 
  best 
  

   of 
  these 
  is, 
  probably, 
  B. 
  metake, 
  the 
  largest 
  

   leaved 
  of 
  the 
  bamboo 
  family, 
  though 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  dwarfest 
  in 
  stature, 
  rarely 
  exceeding 
  ten 
  

   feet 
  in 
  height. 
  It 
  is 
  an 
  especially 
  rugged 
  con- 
  

   stitution 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  grown 
  as 
  a 
  tub 
  plant 
  on 
  

   the 
  terrace 
  during 
  summer 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  corridor 
  or 
  

   drawing-room 
  plant 
  during 
  winter 
  and 
  in 
  any 
  

   and 
  all 
  of 
  these 
  situations 
  will 
  do 
  itself 
  credit. 
  

   It 
  may 
  even 
  be 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  ground 
  the 
  

  

  