An Old Fashioned Home 
Still Modern and Attractive 
This planting list aptly shows the joys and pleas- 
ure one can derive from Nature. Without a setting 
of trees and shrubs a house is merely such, but with 
proper planting, no matter how humble the place, 
everyone knows that it is a home. 
This old-fashioned house was surrounded by a couple of 
beds of perennials (4) which probably antidate the shrub- 
bery but is a feature worth building at any time. 
The porch is sereened in at the end with the useful 
Aristolocia, or Dutchman’s Pipe, with its large closely inter- 
woven leaves at (1) and Boston Ivy is seen at (2). 
The dominant flower that was in bloom when the photo 
was taken is the Arboresens Hydrangea at (3), which makes 
a low growing shrub of great beauty in bloom. 
Buddleia or Butterfly Bush, Calycanthus, Ribes, the Flow- 
ering Currants or some of Spirea families are recommended 
for massing along the walk at (5), while along the walk 
running in front of the main part of the house at (7) is 
screened by Barberry Thunbergii. The specimen trees are 
indicated by (8) (9) of which rather too many were planted. 
and a Tea’s Weeping Mulberry at (11). MHall’s Japanese 
Honeysuckle is suggested as a very desirable vine for the 
screening of back fences and alleyways. 
PLANTING LIST—No. 1. Aristolocia or Dutchman’s Pipe. 
No. 2. Boston Ivy; No. 3. Hydrangea Arboresens; No. 4. 
Perennial bed of Phlox, Delphinum, Iris and Shasta Davies; 
No. 5. Buddleia, Calycanthus and Ribes; No. 6. Iberis or 
Candy Tuft border; No. 7. Barberry Thunbergii; Nos. 8, 9. 
Specimen trees; No. 10. Japapese Honeysuckle; No. 11. Tea’s 
Weeping Mulberry. 
