November, 1908 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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PLANTING NEAR THE HOUSE 



H. W., Pennsylvania. — Your scheme for a 

 retaining wall, instead of the grass slope, in 

 front of your house is a good one, and I also 

 approve of closing the path which leads 

 straight from the sidewalk, up a long flight 

 of steps, to the front door, and having instead 

 a few steps from the end of the piazza to the 

 driveway at the side of the house. 



There is no reason for having so many front 

 entrances to a place — a driveway to the end 

 of the piazza is more convenient for the occu- 

 pants of the house and for the visitors who 

 come in carriage; for those who walk the dis- 

 tance is no greater. No one objects to walk- 

 ing on a smooth macadam road. 



At the top of the retaining wall you will 

 want to plant vines to hang over; Rosa 

 icichuraiana would be good, or you might use 

 English ivy or Virginia creeper. The ever- 

 green Euonymus radicans planted at the bot- 

 tom will grow up, clinging to the wall and 

 mingle prettily with the rose. 



If you get earth enough in digging the 

 foundations for the retaining wall you might 

 widen the terrace in front of the house, slop- 

 ing the earth at the same angle that it is now 

 to meet the top of the wall. A privet hedge 

 planted at the top of this slope would, of 

 course, be at the edge of the terrace. 



The sloping bank between the hedge and 

 the top of the wall might be planted with low 

 shrubs, such as Stephanandra flexuosa or Ber- 

 beris thunbergii, or even wild roses. Any of 

 these would be pretty and would need less 

 care than a turfed bank. 



The privet hedge will screen all the terrace 

 and most of the piazza from the street and 

 give sufficient privacy for afternoon tea or 

 bridge. 



A formal tree or two, like the cedar or 

 clipped box, or even a magnolia, might give 

 interest to the terrace. 



The strong horizontal lines of the wall and 

 hedge will be a distinct aid to the architec- 

 tural effect of the house. 



Close to the house, to screen the founda- 

 tions, you might plant rhododendrons and 

 ferns ; or if you prefer deciduous shrubs use 

 the bush honeysuckle (Lonicera tartarica 

 morroivi, etc.) on the sunny side and Phila- 

 delphus on the shady sides. Vines on the 

 piazza and the house would be nice — Clematis 

 and Akebia are beautiful and need not cut off 

 much light in winter. 



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leaves and making compost piles; (4) trim- 

 ming and cutting canes in your berry gardens; 

 (5) caring for drainage, to prevent the wash 

 of soil in the winter; (()) marketing what 

 surplus is on hand, and preparing a cold stor- 



age for that which is not finding read)" sale. 

 Now all of these things are of importance in 

 any and every country home, although most 

 of them are neglected or entirely omitted. 

 As to clearages, I wish to place very strong 



