﻿XVI 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  December, 
  1907 
  

  

  — 
  Van 
  Dorn 
  — 
  

   Iron 
  Works 
  Co. 
  

  

  PRISON, 
  HOUSE®, 
  

   STABLE 
  WORK 
  

  

  . 
  1 
  

  

  i 
  

  

  JOIST 
  HANGERS 
  

  

  LAWN 
  FURNITURE 
  

  

  FENCING, 
  ETC. 
  

  

  CLEVELAND, 
  OHIO 
  

  

  PATENTED 
  

  

  Standing 
  Seam 
  

   ROOF 
  IRONS 
  

  

  CRUNCH 
  right 
  chrcragh 
  th» 
  

   ^ 
  standing 
  seam 
  of 
  metal 
  

   roofs. 
  No 
  rails 
  are 
  needed 
  

   unless 
  desired. 
  We 
  make 
  a 
  

   similar 
  one 
  for 
  slate 
  roofs. 
  

  

  SEND 
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  bedrooms), 
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  lighting 
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  for 
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  electric 
  lighis 
  hoi 
  water 
  beating 
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   cemented 
  cellar 
  floor: 
  stationary 
  tubs 
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  fireplaces. 
  Coach 
  barn 
  

   (5 
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  150x200 
  feet. 
  

   This 
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  is 
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  Terms: 
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  How 
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   your 
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  "What 
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   Our 
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   ment 
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  A 
  garden 
  complete 
  in 
  all 
  its 
  parts 
  may 
  be 
  

   satisfactory 
  for 
  a 
  year 
  or 
  two, 
  but 
  well 
  cared 
  

   for 
  plants 
  soon 
  outgrow 
  their 
  alloted 
  ground 
  

   and 
  must 
  be 
  divided 
  or 
  cut 
  back 
  or 
  have 
  more 
  

   room 
  provided 
  in 
  some 
  way. 
  Then, 
  too, 
  if 
  a 
  

   plant 
  is 
  really 
  desirable 
  and 
  worth 
  cultivating, 
  

   others 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species 
  will 
  likely 
  prove 
  

   attractive 
  and 
  desirable, 
  and 
  we 
  will 
  wish 
  to 
  

   possess 
  as 
  many 
  varieties 
  as 
  possible, 
  for 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  delights 
  of 
  gardening 
  is 
  to 
  possess 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  complete 
  collections 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  

   species 
  grown, 
  or 
  at 
  least 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  the 
  

   species. 
  This 
  is 
  impossible 
  in 
  a 
  garden 
  with 
  

   fixed 
  limits. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  several 
  ways 
  of 
  laying 
  out 
  a 
  gar- 
  

   den 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  conveniently 
  added 
  to. 
  

   One 
  is 
  a 
  succession 
  of 
  beds, 
  either 
  straight, 
  

   oval, 
  or 
  round, 
  or 
  a 
  combination 
  of 
  all 
  three, 
  

   which 
  may 
  be 
  duplicated 
  at 
  will, 
  thus 
  extend- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  garden 
  to 
  any 
  length 
  or 
  width. 
  An- 
  

   other 
  and 
  favorite 
  plan 
  of 
  my 
  own 
  is 
  to 
  let 
  

   the 
  beds 
  radiate 
  from 
  some 
  common 
  center, 
  

   as 
  the 
  spokes 
  of 
  a 
  wheel 
  or 
  the 
  ribs 
  of 
  a 
  fan. 
  

   The 
  paths 
  form 
  the 
  spokes 
  or 
  ribs, 
  and 
  the 
  

   intervening 
  spaces 
  the 
  beds. 
  This 
  gives 
  the 
  

   greatest 
  amount 
  of 
  space 
  available 
  for 
  the 
  

   growing 
  of 
  flowers, 
  and 
  admits 
  of 
  the 
  easiest 
  

   and 
  most 
  practical 
  culture. 
  

  

  If 
  the 
  garden 
  is 
  large 
  — 
  say 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  an 
  

   acre 
  in 
  extent 
  and 
  nearly 
  or 
  quite 
  square, 
  and 
  

   the 
  beds 
  radiate 
  from 
  one 
  side, 
  starting 
  from 
  

   the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  side 
  where 
  a 
  large 
  open 
  place 
  

   of 
  thirty 
  or 
  more 
  feet 
  in 
  diameter 
  may 
  be 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  with 
  garden 
  seats 
  and 
  table, 
  a 
  summer 
  

   house, 
  or 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  point 
  where 
  the 
  pergola 
  

   debouches 
  into 
  the 
  garden 
  — 
  then 
  the 
  beds 
  as 
  

   they 
  recede 
  will 
  widen 
  rapidly 
  until 
  at 
  the 
  

   further 
  boundary 
  of 
  the 
  garden 
  they 
  will 
  be 
  

   of 
  considerable 
  extent 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  subdivided 
  

   by 
  auxiliary 
  paths 
  or 
  planted 
  with 
  shrubbery. 
  

   This 
  convenience 
  for 
  planting 
  shrubbery 
  is 
  

   important, 
  for 
  it 
  is 
  often 
  difficult 
  to 
  combine 
  

   hardy 
  flowering 
  shrubs 
  with 
  flowers, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

   sometimes 
  necessary 
  to 
  do 
  so 
  or 
  abandon 
  the 
  

   growing 
  of 
  shrubs. 
  Especially 
  is 
  this 
  the 
  case 
  

   with 
  young 
  shrubs, 
  which 
  require 
  garden 
  cul- 
  

   ture 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  benefited 
  by 
  growing 
  in 
  the 
  

   garden 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  before 
  being 
  trans- 
  

   planted 
  into 
  permanent 
  places 
  along 
  drives, 
  

   boundaries 
  or 
  in 
  a 
  regular 
  shrubbery. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  radiating 
  beds 
  all 
  classes 
  of 
  plants 
  

   may 
  be 
  grown 
  without 
  in 
  any 
  way 
  conflicting 
  

   with 
  each 
  other. 
  Thus 
  bedding 
  plants 
  and 
  

   annuals 
  may 
  be 
  grown 
  at 
  the 
  narrow 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  beds 
  abutting 
  on 
  the 
  central 
  green 
  ; 
  hardy 
  

   perennials 
  further 
  on, 
  keeping 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  de- 
  

   marcation 
  clearly 
  indicated 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  rear 
  

   the 
  shrubbery 
  and 
  such 
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  conifers 
  as 
  

   may 
  be 
  grown 
  in 
  masses. 
  

  

  Where 
  the 
  garden 
  is 
  large, 
  effective 
  plant- 
  

   ing 
  may 
  consist 
  of 
  carrying 
  the 
  line 
  of 
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