﻿December, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  XV 
  

  

  PLANNING 
  THE 
  GARDEN; 
  

  

  By 
  Ida 
  D. 
  Bennett 
  

  

  THE 
  most 
  important 
  point 
  in 
  planning 
  

   the 
  garden 
  is 
  the 
  location. 
  Where 
  as 
  

   great 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  plants 
  as 
  possible 
  are 
  

   to 
  be 
  grown 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  that 
  the 
  garden 
  

   have 
  an 
  east 
  and 
  south 
  exposure 
  and 
  that 
  it 
  

   be 
  somewhat 
  protected 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  west, 
  

   either 
  by 
  buildings 
  or 
  trees 
  at 
  a 
  distance, 
  as 
  

   near-by 
  trees 
  are 
  detrimental 
  to 
  a 
  garden, 
  the 
  

   roots 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  drawing 
  too 
  much 
  moisture 
  

   from 
  the 
  soil. 
  

  

  \ 
  The 
  soil 
  of 
  the 
  garden 
  is 
  less 
  important, 
  as 
  

   that 
  can 
  readily 
  be 
  replaced 
  by 
  better 
  soil 
  

   from 
  a 
  distance, 
  and 
  in 
  replacing 
  poor 
  soil 
  

   with 
  good 
  the 
  requirements 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  

   plants 
  to 
  be 
  grown 
  can 
  be 
  consulted. 
  If 
  the 
  

   soil 
  is 
  a 
  warm 
  loam 
  with 
  a 
  fair 
  proportion 
  of 
  

   sand 
  it 
  will 
  grow 
  the 
  greater 
  varieties 
  of 
  

   flowers 
  successfully, 
  and 
  it 
  will 
  only 
  be 
  nec- 
  

   essary 
  to 
  add 
  clay 
  to 
  the 
  rose 
  beds 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  

   leaf 
  mold 
  irom 
  woods 
  or 
  compost 
  heap 
  to 
  the 
  

   beds 
  for 
  the 
  pansies, 
  heliotropes, 
  and 
  hibiscus, 
  

   and 
  muck 
  from 
  the 
  marsh 
  for 
  the 
  growing 
  of 
  

   water-lilies 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  other 
  flowers. 
  Marsh 
  

   earth, 
  however, 
  is 
  very 
  acceptable 
  to 
  all 
  of 
  

   our 
  ornamental 
  bedding 
  plants, 
  especially 
  the 
  

   canna, 
  ricinus 
  and 
  salvia, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  dollars 
  in- 
  

   vested 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  wagon 
  loads 
  of 
  this 
  piled 
  in 
  

   an 
  out-of-the-way 
  place 
  to 
  decay 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  

   good 
  investment 
  for 
  the 
  garden. 
  

  

  The 
  relation 
  of 
  the 
  garden 
  to 
  the 
  house 
  is 
  

   important, 
  as 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  pleasure 
  of 
  garden- 
  

   ing 
  is 
  lost 
  if 
  one 
  must 
  be 
  too 
  much 
  in 
  the 
  

   public 
  eye 
  or 
  be 
  in 
  any 
  way 
  inconvenienced 
  in 
  

   going 
  to 
  and 
  from 
  one's 
  work. 
  A 
  shelter 
  for 
  

   tools, 
  at 
  least, 
  should 
  be 
  within 
  easy 
  reach 
  of 
  

   the 
  garden, 
  so 
  that 
  as 
  little 
  time 
  as 
  possible 
  

   need 
  be 
  spent 
  in 
  collecting 
  what 
  is 
  necessary. 
  

   But 
  while 
  the 
  garden 
  should 
  be 
  easily 
  ac- 
  

   cessible 
  from 
  the 
  house 
  it 
  should 
  have 
  its 
  

   privacy 
  guarded 
  in 
  some 
  way, 
  either 
  by 
  an 
  

   encircling 
  wall 
  or 
  hedge, 
  though 
  the 
  latter 
  

   may 
  be 
  but 
  a 
  low 
  one 
  of 
  flowering 
  plants. 
  

  

  If 
  the 
  garden 
  is 
  located 
  where 
  the 
  land 
  falls 
  

   away 
  from 
  it 
  in 
  any 
  direction, 
  especially 
  

   toward 
  the 
  south 
  or 
  east, 
  the 
  matter 
  of 
  drain- 
  

   age 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  apt 
  to 
  give 
  any 
  serious 
  trouble, 
  

   but 
  where 
  the 
  land 
  is 
  flat 
  and 
  underlaid 
  with 
  

   clay 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  necessary 
  to 
  underdrain 
  with 
  

   porous 
  tile, 
  and 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  best 
  to 
  do 
  this 
  be- 
  

   fore 
  any 
  beds 
  are 
  marked 
  out 
  or 
  paths 
  es- 
  

   tablished. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  a 
  prevalent 
  opinion 
  that 
  the 
  shape 
  

   of 
  the 
  bed 
  is 
  an 
  important 
  consideration. 
  This 
  

   is 
  true 
  only 
  in 
  a 
  superficial 
  sense. 
  The 
  paths 
  

   are 
  really 
  the 
  more 
  important 
  point, 
  having 
  

   the 
  relation 
  to 
  a 
  garden 
  that 
  the 
  streets 
  have 
  

   to 
  a 
  city. 
  Given 
  good 
  broad 
  paths 
  to 
  get 
  about 
  

   in 
  and 
  the 
  work 
  becomes 
  a 
  pleasure, 
  but 
  wind- 
  

   ing 
  paths, 
  full 
  of 
  impractical 
  or 
  impossible 
  

   angles, 
  make 
  for 
  irritation 
  and 
  ineffectual 
  

   work. 
  There 
  are 
  heavy 
  loads 
  of 
  earth 
  and 
  

   fertilizers 
  to 
  be 
  wheeled 
  along 
  the 
  garden 
  

   paths, 
  and 
  loads 
  of 
  weeds 
  and 
  other 
  refuse 
  to 
  

   be 
  carted 
  out. 
  Racks 
  of 
  dead 
  leaves 
  are 
  to 
  

   be 
  brought 
  in 
  for 
  winter 
  protection, 
  all 
  call- 
  

   ing 
  for 
  good 
  roads 
  and 
  easy 
  curves. 
  The 
  

   quality 
  of 
  the 
  roads 
  depends 
  both 
  on 
  their 
  

   width 
  and 
  smoothness, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  material 
  

   of 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  composed 
  is 
  also 
  important. 
  

   Where 
  expense 
  need 
  not 
  be 
  too 
  closely 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  well 
  to 
  lay 
  concrete 
  or 
  ce- 
  

   ment 
  walks, 
  and 
  in 
  doing 
  so 
  to 
  extend 
  the 
  

   edges 
  of 
  the 
  walks 
  into 
  a 
  curb 
  about 
  the 
  beds. 
  

   But 
  where 
  cement 
  walks 
  with 
  curbs 
  are 
  laid 
  

   provision 
  for 
  drainage 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  neglected, 
  

   as 
  water 
  standing 
  on 
  cement 
  walks 
  after 
  every 
  

   rain 
  is 
  very 
  annoying. 
  Drainage 
  plates 
  set 
  in 
  

   the 
  walks 
  every 
  few 
  feet 
  will 
  obviate 
  this. 
  

  

  The 
  garden 
  will 
  grow, 
  and 
  provision 
  must 
  

   be 
  made 
  for 
  it 
  by 
  so 
  arranging 
  the 
  beds 
  that 
  

   they 
  may 
  be 
  extended 
  when 
  the 
  need 
  arises 
  

   without 
  disturbing 
  the 
  portion 
  already 
  planted. 
  

  

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