The Garden Magazine, January, 1922 



249 



ONE YEAR FROM THE PLAN 



This American-made London garden is ingeniously designed. The feeling of depth and space is in no 

 little degree due to the sunken foreground and the arbor-covered central walk leading to the distance 



edging of low growing Box-barberry gives these beds a cheerful 

 appearance in autumn and formal tubs of Box or clipped Privet 

 may be set at the intersecting angles during the short period 

 of occupancy in the autumn months. The borders just behind 

 the sunken garden look best banked in with a double row of 

 Evergreens interspersed with Japanese Barberry (Berberis 

 Thunbergii). 



Iris, Tulips, Vines, and Annuals 



ALTERNATE groups of Iris germanica and Darwin Tulips 

 L fit nicely in front of the shrub border, the Darwins to be 

 followed by Zinnias and Marigolds sown in the bare spaces about 

 J uly i st for autumn flowering. A most effective display is gained 

 by using six groups of each on either side: Iris pallida dalmatica, 

 lavender; Iris Queen of the May, rose; Iris Lorelei, light yellow 

 and blue; Iris Neibelungen, fawn and violet; Iris Mme. Chereau, 

 white blue-veined; Iris Honorabile, gold-brown. Darwin 

 Tulips: Clara Butt, salmon-pink; Baronne de la Tonnaye, deep 

 rose pink; Ronald Gunn, mauve; Pride of Haarlem, rose suffused 

 scarlet; Princess Juliana, orange-scarlet suffused salmon; Phil- 

 lippe de Commines, purple-maroon. 



Unfortunately for the makers of city gardens, Roses refuse to 

 bloom before the summer exodus begins, but there are many 

 hard}' climbers with good foliage with which to clothe the per- 

 gola, such as Dutchman's Pipe (Aristolochia Sipho), leaves like 

 Morning-glory; Actinidia arguta, rapid growing; Trumpet 

 Creeper (Bignonia radicans), good foliage; Clematis paniculata, 

 flowers starry-white in late summer; Honeysuckle; Matrimony 

 Vine with scarlet berries; Wisteria chinensis, purple flowers 



early before the leaves come out. Some annuals to cover which 

 have proved their merit are Cobaea scandens, bell-shaped pur- 

 ple flowers in autumn; various ornamental Gourds; Nastur- 

 tiums; Morning-glory. 



And to gladden our hearts in winter we have the tiny scarlet 

 lanterns of the Barberry, swinging against the deep blue-green 

 of Juniper and Spruce. 



Evergreens and Shrubs for the Garden 



IN PLANTING the three-foot wide border on either side, the 

 suggestions here given may safely be followed. Small ever- 

 greens with good foliage are Juniperus virginiana glauca, sabina, 

 Pfitzeriana; Retinispora squarrosa; alternate these with shrubs 

 of reddish-bronze foliage such as Pieris floribunda, Mahonia 

 japonica, Cotoneaster horizontalis, Azalea amoena. California 

 Privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium) and Regel's Privet (Ligustrum 

 Regelianum) may also be used as fillers. 



In front of the evergreens and shrubs, a double row of Victoria 

 or Emperor Daffodils adds a bright touch of yellow in early 

 spring, while their thick green leaves help cover the edges before 

 the background fills out. Perennials — with the exception of 

 Hardy Chrysanthemums in variety — must, of necessity, be ban- 

 ished from the six-foot border in the upper garden, and their 

 places filled by early flowering shrubs with good foliage. 



Spiraea Thunbergii is an excellent early white-flowering shrub 

 for this purpose and Forsythia Fortunei a good earliest yellow; 

 Spiraea Vanhouttei, with its drooping habit and showers of white 

 flowers, may well be used; also Symphoricarpos racemosus for 

 its small pink flowers followed by white berries in autumn. 



