264 TASTE AND TACT IN ARRANGING HOME AND OTHER GROUNDS. 



alone as if mingled with a good assortment of hardy 

 perennial plants, shrubs and vines. Indeed, there is so 

 much satisfaction in employing the woody growths that 

 we should like to see them used quite freely here, espec- 

 ially if plan 3 is adopted. Our preference would be a 

 fine assortment of hardy flowering shrubs, with perhaps 

 a few dwarf evergreens located somewhat centrally or 

 towards the back end of the several borders, and lower- 

 growing annuals and perennials, hardy and tender, placed 

 next the margins. A garden devoted wholly to annuals 

 is quite sure, sooner or later in the season, to look incom- 

 plete — a defect which the presence of a goodly number of 

 vigorous clean-leaved shrubs will go far towards offset- 

 ting. Farther on we will give a list of stock in the lines 

 named. 



In our next illustration. Fig. 4, we have another exam- 

 ple of a plat devoted entirely to flowers and walks, when 

 a liberal spread of grass would greatly improve the effect. 

 The lawn across the drive seems not to be embellished at 

 all, while the floral plat is all embellishment with no lawn. 



The principles applied to Fig. i are of equal force in 

 the present case. Inasmuch as the shape and other cir- 

 cumstances differ materially, we suggest in Fig. 5 an 

 arrangement for this plat. The embellishments are in- 

 troduced on both sides of the drive, as the grass is also 

 carried in liberal measure to the right of the drive. 



SHRUBS AND PLANTS IN THEIR ORDER OF BLOOMING. 



In response to a special request we publish a list of 

 choice hardy flowering shrubs and plants, which will give 

 in turn their bloom the season through in the latitude of 

 Niagara Falls ; 



Flowering in April. — Slirzibs: Mezereon pink 

 {Daphne mezereum), golden bell (forsythia). Cornelian 

 cherry ( Cornus mascuUi). Herbaceous Plants : Adonis 

 vernalis, wall-cress (arabis), glory-of-the-snow (chiono- 

 doxa), winter aconite (eranthis), dog's-tooth violet (ery- 

 thronium), snowdrops, hepaticas, narcissus, crocus, early 

 tulip, saxifraga. 



Flowering in May. — Shrubs: Japan quince, flower- 

 ing plum, broad-leaved plum (prunus), flowering almond. 



barberry, Thunberg's spiraea, plum-leaved spiraea, lilacs 

 of many sorts, rough-leaved viburnum [V. rugosum), 

 lantana-leaved viburnum, bush-honeysuckle, tree peony, 

 tamarisk (tamarix), wistaria, flowering currant, rhodoty- 

 pus, exochorda, mahonia. Herbaceous Plants : Atiemone 

 Pulsatilla , Asperida odorata, daisy (bellis), marsh-mari- 

 gold (caltha), lily-of-the-valley, perennial candytuft, 

 moneywort, hyacinth, grape-hyacinth, moss-pink (phlox), 

 polyanthus, blood-root ( sanguinaria), trilliums, peri- 

 winkle, violet, garland-flower. Daphne cneorum, dode- 

 catheon, double rocket (hesperis), German iris. Lych- 

 nis 7'iscaria and others, lungwort (mertensia) valerian 

 (polemonium), ranunculus, I'eronica amethystina, eic. , 

 bleeding-heart (dicentra), crown-imperial and guinea- 

 hen-flower (fritillaria), fennel-leaved peony, thalictrum. 



Flowering in June. — Shrubs : Silver-bell shrub (hal- 

 esia), lance-leaved spiraea, Josika's lilac, garland mock- 

 orange, double - flowering mock-orange, large-flowered 

 mock-orange, Japan snowball (viburnum), graceful 

 deutzia (D. gracilis), double deutzia, weigelias in numer- 



ous varieties, dogwood, white-fringe (chionanthus), elder, 

 clematis, early roses, colutea, calycanthus, rhododen- 

 drons. Herbaceous Plants: Bugle (ajuga), crimson 

 mallow, campanulas in variety, crosswort (crucianella), 

 garden pinks (dianthus), ornithogalum, squills, sea-pink 

 (silene), sedums (dwarf ), Agrostemma coro7taria. Anem- 

 one Pennsylvanica, anthericum, delphiniums, sweet- 

 williams, German irises, evening primroses (Oenothera), 

 spiderworts (tradescantia), columbines, Baptisia Aus- 

 tralis, centaureas, clematis (bush), Doronicmn Caucas- 

 ium, day-lilies (hemerocallis) Lychiiis Chalcedonica, per- 

 ennial poppy, feverfew, goat's-beard (Spircca Aruncus), 

 calystegia, Dictamnus fraxinella, peonies. 



Flowering in July. — Shrubs: Billard's spiraea. For- 

 tune's white spiraea, Japanese spiraea, climbing roses, 

 clethra, stuartia, Ledebour's bush-honeysuckle, climb- 

 ing honeysuckle, corchorus, eleagnus. Herbaceous 

 Plants: Tunica saxifraga, Dicentra cximea, plantain 

 lily (funkia), Gypsophila acutifolia, blazing-star (lia- 

 tris), perennial lobelia, self-heal (prunella), Sedum 

 telephium Jiybridum , milfoil (achillea). Campanula 



