June, 1907 



A M E R I 



CAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



XXV 



variety, so freely grown at the North, is one 

 of the best of this fine class of plants, but there 

 are several others vv^orthy of cultivation which 

 would lend variety to the planting. Among 

 the more desirable varieties may be listed atro- 

 purpureum, a double form with purplish-red 

 flowers and very fine; DeBrun, another dark, 

 rich red, but without the purplish shade of 

 atropurpureum ; Madame Peyre, a lovely and 

 showy flower of creamy yellow with pink cen- 

 ter ; Madonna Grandiflorum, a splendid double 

 white, the best in cultivation ; a single pink 

 and the old double pink of northern collec- 

 tions. These may all be purchased of bloom- 

 ing size, field-grown plants about three feet 

 high and with masses of fibrous roots, for a 

 very reasonable amount. 



The culture of the oleander is simple — good 

 soil and a little liquid manure occasionally and 

 liberal watering and the showering of their 

 glossy foliage to preserve the freshness of their 

 beautiful, leathery leaves. Of course they 

 must be lifted in the fall and kept in the green- 

 house or a warm, light cellar over winter. 



The oleanders, hibiscus, crape myrtles and 

 vincas may be massed together to bank the 

 sides of a building or mask the foundations of 

 porch or terrace with good effect. They are 

 also most desirable for use on the balustrade 

 of the terrace, but there is, perhaps, nothing 

 finer just here than the bougainvillea with its 

 masses of rose-colored bracts throughout the 

 summer. Its use, however, need not be con- 

 fined to the terrace, as this, too, will make the 

 most charming of hedges, and is as easily 

 grown as any of the other named, requiring 

 only good soil and abundance of water. 



X 



American Country Homes and Their 

 Gardens. Edited by John Cordis Baker. 

 Philadelphia: The John C. Winston 

 Company. 



The art of garden making, and indeed the 

 art of house building, has been brought to such 

 a state in America that no collection of illus- 

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 and real merit. It goes without saying that 

 the best work is necessarily that of the best 

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 And all of this work is of interest, whether its 

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 or not it is with or without popular approval. 

 This means that distinct progress in these lines 

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Mr. Baker's book is a picture book pure and 

 simple, the single few lines of text within it 

 consisting of a general introduction by Mr. 

 Donn Barber, an architect whose own work 

 has worthy place in this collection of views. 

 The illustrations, on the whole, have been well 

 chosen, and represent some of the more im- 

 portant of recent contributions to the art of 

 the country house by our most conspicuous 

 architects. The absence of descriptive text 

 leaves, of course, something to be desired, for 

 even a complete group of photographs fails to 

 tell all that may be told of a house and its 

 furnishings. But this lack is somewhat com- 

 pensated for by the insertion of numerous 

 plans, which complete the architectural de- 

 scriptions of the places they accompany, giving, 

 as they do, in a graphic way, helpful informa- 



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