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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
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Hypericums Arnoldianum , Kalmianum, and 
lobocarpum. These midseason flowering 
shrubs with clear yellow flowers in masses, 
grow four to six feet tall and as much in di- 
ameter; they are very densely branched. 
Ligustrum acuminatum var. macrocarpum. 
A hardy Japanese Privet in habit like L. 
ibota, but with very large shining black fruits. 
Lonicera bella. Bush-honeysuckle, hybrid 
between L. tatarica and L. Morrowii. It 
grows eight to ten feet tall and more in di- 
ameter. The flowers vary from pure white 
to pink, and the red fruit ripens in August. 
Lonicera muscoviensis. A hybrid Bush- 
honeysuckle 12 feet high with arching and 
spreading branches; flowers in abundance and 
masses of crimson fruit ripening early in July. 
Hardy as far north as Ottawa. 
Lonicera thibetica. Compact hardy shrub, 
four to five feet tall, with spreading, drooping 
branches; gray-green leaves, white on the 
underside; flowers pink, fragrant; bright 
scarlet berries. 
Loropetalum chinense is an interesting, low 
growing shrub that must ultimately find a 
place among our finest ornamentals. Es- 
pecially adapted to the Pacific slope. 
Philadelphus Hybrids: Virginal, one of the 
best of Lemoine’s hybrid Mock-oranges. 
Bouquet Blanc (Lemoine), which looks like a 
bank of feathery snow when massed. 
Philadelphus incanus. Bush growing six 
to ten feet tall, much branched, twiggy in 
habit and floriferous. The flowers i| in. 
in early July. The' leaves are woolly, ovate 
and retained well into the late fall. 
Philadelphus sericanthus var. Rehderianus. 
Mock-orange growing ten to twelve feet tall, 
with large flowers freely produced in July. 
Philadelphus Falconeri. A wide-spreading 
shrub up to eight feet tall, with slender arch- 
ing branches, laden with masses of large, 
white, fragrant flowers in June. 
Philadelphus Magdalenae. One of the pret- 
tiest and neatest of the Asiatic Mock-oranges, 
forming a much branched bush six to eight 
feet high. Flowers mid-June. Quite hardy. 
Potentilla Veitchii. Grows two to three 
feet tall, with sprays of pure white flowers 
from May until late autumn. 
Potentilla fruticosa var. splendens. Has 
bright yellow flowers. Well adapted for rock 
gardens. 
Spiraea Henryi var. notabilis. Bush three to 
six feet tall. Flowers white, in large trusses. 
Spiraea Rosthornii. Four to six feet tall, 
with much branched axillary corymbs of 
pure white flowers. 
Stranvesia glaucescens and S. undulata are 
two evergreen shrubs of special merit to the 
Pacific coast. 
Syringa tomentella. A new species of Lilac 
from the borders of China and Thibet; grows 
ten to fifteen feet tall and produces pale pink, 
fragrant flowers in branched trusses ten to 
twelve inches long. 
Viburnum Sargentii. This Asiatic relative 
of the American High-bush Cranberry is the 
most beautiful of the Opulus group. White 
blossoms are followed by masses of red fruits, 
which are retained late into the fall. 
Viburnum joetidum var. rectangulum. A 
low-growing evergreen shrub useful as a 
hedge plant or a small specimen ornamental 
in the warmer sections of the country and on 
the Pacific slope. 
The foregoing are offered by several firms 
as Farquhar, Cooledge, Meehan, A. N. 
Pierson, Mount Desert, Moon, Dreer, etc. and 
may be obtained from possibly any of the 
leading dealers in hardy shrubs. 
[Note: Reference to Summer Flowering 
Bulbs and Roots is deferred till May. Tools 
and Accessories next month. — Ed.] 
Treatment of the Long Narrow Lot Landscape Architect 
A PRACTICAL SOLUTION OF A TYPICAL SUBURBAN PROBLEM, THE HOUSE PLACED WELL BACK 
I T WAS a Victorian fashion to set the house 
far back in the yard, and it was a Victorian 
as well as a Colonial fashion to have a gar- 
den in front of the house. The door-yard 
gardens of the two periods differed chiefly 
in their depth, that of the later gardens being 
as a rule much greater, because of the distance 
between house and street. They varied also a 
little in content, for by the “eighteen-thirties” 
perennials and Box had lost some of their 
without which a rectangular stretch of lawn 
would be dull and uninteresting. A central 
walk, if there is one leading up to the front 
door, becomes a long lane bordered with 
flowers, and there is something very inviting 
about such an approach. 
In this plan the whole front yard is filled 
with flowers and the very simple, design de- 
pends for its success upon big masses of them 
which grow up to hide one path from another. 
needs privacy and this the fence and hedge 
are designed to accomplish. A hedge also 
shuts off the drive that runs along one side 
of the property to a garage in the extreme 
tear, and in front of this building, the turn 
around, being somewhat short in radius, is 
left in gravel for its full width of forty-eight 
feet. As no garden is a success without a few 
big trees, to give it dignity, two Oaks or Hard 
Maples or Elms overarch the gate in the 
popularity to bedding plants and annuals. 
But enthusiasm for newcomers can never 
long overshadow esteem for old standbyes, 
and we find ourselves now trying to make 
room for all the kinds that clamor for a place — 
the latest improved varieties of this year’s 
flower books by the side of old years’ favorites. 
The garden in front of the house adapts it- 
self well to the uses of a long narrow lot, for 
the too obvious shape of the lot is disguised 
by the varying heights of flowers and bushes, 
A treatment quite as pleasing would be to 
border the surrounding hedge with wide 
flower beds, leaving a central panel of green 
cut in half by the entrance walk, running be- 
tween an avenue of small trees like Hawthorn 
or Dogwood. A foot-path overarched in this 
way by the branches of some small graceful 
tree, or bordered straight to the door with 
flowers, has an intimate feeling, a pleasant air 
of personally conducting. 
A garden in front of the house of course, 
hedge, and one twisted gnarly veteran shades 
the seat at the opposite end of the path. 
The four smaller trees at the crossing of the 
paths and the two at the gate might be Haw- 
thorns or Magnolias or if one’s choice is for 
evergreens, Retinisporas or old Box, though 
this is precious and hard to find. The topiary 
work of old gardens would fit well here, with 
four tidily clipped birds or urns, to mark 
the corners, and add the charm of their clumsy 
playfulness. 
