xvi AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
March, 1909 
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The SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN BOY 
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12mo. 320 Pages. 340 Illustrations. Price, $2.00, Postpaid. 
A STORY OF OUTDOOR BOY LIFE, suggesting a large number of diversions which, aside from 
AI affording entertainment, will stimulate in boys the creative spirit, Complete practical instructions are 
a! given for building the various articles, The book contains a large number of miscellaneous devices, 
such as scows, canoes, windmills, water wheels, etc. 
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Six Choice 
1 Hydrangea, Paniculata Grandiflora—handsomest shrub grown. 
1 Spirea, Van Houtti (Bridal Wreath)—pure white flowers. 
1 Snowball, Large Flowering—pure white flowers. 
1 Barberry, Thunbergii—yellow flowers, brilliant berries. 
1 Cornus Siberica (Red Branched Dogwood)—beautiful shrub. 
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Hardy Shrubs Ory AOc vi 
appropriate, or a combination might be effected 
with different parts of two names: 
- Ski-hi, Edgehill, Up-e-nuf, Swallow’s Nest, 
Star Rock, Edgewood, Fox Hill, Grey Mount, 
Greycote, Highfield, Highlands, Hillhurst, 
The Knoll, Roughlands, Six Gables, Stone 
House, Willow Heights, Windy Crest, Wild- 
wood, Moss Hill, Overlook, Tip Top. 
GARDEN WORK ABOUT THE HOME 
(Continued from page xi) 
In the present instance it is impossible to 
give E. H. any helpful advice without a topo- 
graphic map of the place and a plan of the 
house. 
How shall we know where to locate the 
house? Should it be near the river, and how 
near; and which way should it face, and 
where should the front door be? 
What shall we have between the house and 
the river, lawn or garden, and is the boat 
house to be ornamental and part of the scheme, 
or is it to be hidden by planting? 
The barns might be as far as possible from 
the house, with horses and cows and automo- 
biles under one roof; or there might be two 
buildings, with a garage near the house and 
the horses and cows far away. 
The size of the flower and vegetable gar- 
dens is another interesting subject for discus- 
sion, and the location of the tennis court or 
play lawn will need some thought. 
The cost of keeping the place up is a ques- 
tion too little considered, yet the place may 
be so designed that one man can easily do it 
all or so that five men can scarcely begin to 
do it. 
These questions seem as difficult as those 
asked by the insurance companies, yet they 
must be answered before the landscape archi- 
tect can make a start even at locating the 
house. 
The ideal way in building a country place 
is to employ architect and landscape architect 
at the same time. ‘Tell them both what you 
want, and let them consult together about the 
arrangement of rooms, the location and orien- 
tation of the house. 
Then when the architect has designed the 
house it is sure to fit the lot (they do not 
always when the architect works alone), and 
the entrances and rooms will be just where 
they should be. ‘Then the landscape architect 
can do his part of the work, plan the drives, 
fore court, service court, terraces, clothes 
yard, and all the other features of the place, 
whether designed for utility or beauty. 
With this fixed and definite plan the work 
on the grounds can be done as the house is 
being built, or before. 
It is often possible to plant all the trees on 
a place years before the house is built, if the 
owner and architect get together and agree 
upon the general character of the house, and 
the arrangement of the grounds. 
The landscape architect’s plans will show 
all roads, with their elevations and changes in 
grade, all the gardens and all the detail of 
grading and planting. 
It is quite possible to do this work little by 
little, so that it may not be finished for five or 
ten years, if that be desirable, yet the cost 
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1 Weigelia, Rosea—beautiful roee colored flowers. zm sail mer ie ean greater than if it were all 
For SI OO We will send 1 plant each, 2 years old, a Aoweeuraentee 
i Pier neers Pe cee Tear gh The aesthetic profits in employing a land- 
They are all perfectly hardy, and when established, will bloom on : i 
and on, year after year, with little or no attention, and make a hand- scape architect are much better known than 
Sot Pay Deano wers ever asc occn: the practical advantages; which is unfortunate 
of Northern Grown Seeds, Plants, i he landscape 
Free Book Bulbs, Fruits, Shrubs and Trees. RK because many people consider : pes? if 1 
architect a luxury, whereas his services shou 
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be as necessary as those of the architect. 
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