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THE GREENING PICTORIAL SYSTEM 



I'laU- 148. A liar;;;'e Kuriiinl Giirilcii 



F LANDSCAPE GARDENING 



AN OLD-FASHIONED GARDEN 



This garden furnishes a great amount of cut-flowers at 

 the same time that it contains a number of trees for shade and 

 for variety. The old apple-tree in the left foreground is not 

 very symmetrical, as apple-trees seldom are, but the owner 

 has a sentimental attachment to it and for that reason it 

 becomes a beautiful subject for the garden; for let it be re- 

 membered that a garden is for the affections. Other fruit- 

 trees are Peach and Plum. Between these fruit-trees are beds 

 of Pinks, Paeonies, Phlox, Gaillardia, Coreopsis, etc. 



This subject is a good representative of the European idea 

 of garden finish. On the road from Charlottenburg to Pots- 

 dam, where dwell the aristocrats of that region, there are many 

 such gardens, the gardeners vying with one another in origin- 

 ality of construction and arrangement. A large number of 

 climbers are used and stone walls surrounding the gardens are 

 common. In the latter case large iron gates in fanciful designs, 

 and bearing the monogram of the owner or the name of the 

 estate, are also used. 



A LARGE FORMAL GARDEN 



A formal garden on a large estate showing large beds, 

 each filled solidly with one kind of flowers. The garden con- 

 tains Shasta Daisy, Phlox, Delphinium, Coreopsis, Hibiscus, 

 Gaillardia, etc. 



In a garden of this kind the intention is not so much to 

 have any fixed formality about the shape of the beds as to 

 have an abundance of flowers for cutting for table decorations 

 and other such uses in vases. Many annuals are used and 

 much ingenuity exercised in their grouping. Such a garden is 

 not expensive in material but is quite expensive in labor. Hot- 

 beds are provided to start certain seeds very early, and then 

 there are cold frames to receive the young seedlings and 

 nurture them until outside conditions are favorable. The steady 

 employment of a gardener is necessary. 



