THE GARDEN FROM THE REAE ESTATE VIEWPOINT 
WALT ER E. ANDREWS; Drawings from sketches by HOWARD E. ANDREWS, Landscape Designer 
When a Return More Than Doubles on an Investment it is Obvious 
That the Latter is Sound, if not Indeed Altogether Gilt-edged 
& ";T WOULD do your heart good to see to-day the place 
- which is the text of this sermon — especially if you 
' had seen it as it used to be. On this page is a ground 
I plan of the yard as it was. Two circular beds of red 
Geraniums were set down in the bare lawn at G and G with 
painful exactness. 
Back of them and 
around the south 
side of the house, 
were long narrow 
beds of Scarlet 
Sage. And how 
their reds clashed! 
Near the street 
on each side of the 
front entrance 
were two Norway 
Spruce trees, 
which were al- 
ready threatening 
to grow much too large for their places. Sooner or later, if left 
there, they would either have to be mutilated or removed. 
Farther back on the side lawn were two shrubs set down — like 
the Geranium beds — with awful geometrical precision. 
And that was all! Not another living thing on the grounds, 
except grass and a few stunted vegetables in one corner of the 
back yard. Oh, yes! I almost forgot the four clothes-poles. 
To be sure they weren’t living things, but they stood up straight 
and tried to make you notice them — and I must say they suc- 
ceeded. Many a time I’ve heard the owner say they’d look 
better after he painted ’em green — but it was a job he never 
quite got around to. The same area as it is to-day is shown 
on the facing page. Some change! 
T HE Norway Spruces by the front sidewalk entrance are 
gone — having been sold to a neighbor who had a place 
large enough for them! The Geranium beds, too, are delight- 
fully missing, as well as the two solitary shrubs that “adorned” 
the side yard. And vegetables were moved over to the right, 
so that the existing concrete walk might lead straight into a 
little formal garden, down two steps — a very heart’s delight, 
where you are pretty sure to find the owner, unless it’s raining. 
Walk around the pool, view the Pond-lilies with the gold- 
fish hiding beneath them, the quaint stepping-stone path, the 
Roses and flowers, the vine-covered white lattice fence, and the 
inviting white seat on the far side. Small it is to be sure, but 
charming — and the world shut out by lattice and hedge! 
The sunken effect was a piece of good luck, for when the 
house was first built the excavated soil was graded back only 
to the line marked “Terrace” in the original. It was expected 
and intended to have enough soil hauled in to bring the back 
part of the lot up to the same grade, but (fortunately!) this 
never was done. So it is the same “Terrace” in the developed 
place with the simple addition of a hedge at the top. Thus you 
have to go “down into the garden,” and from there you pass on 
into the vegetable yard, while the clothes-yard has been moved 
close to the house. 
Were all these changes and adornments effected for 10 per 
cent, on the value of the place? They were. Indeed, including 
plans, specifications and supervision, the total cost was a little 
less than the sum representing this amount; and immediately 
after investing in these outdoor improvements the owner was 
offered for the place an advance of 26^ per cent, on what it has 
cost him. [This was not because of housing shortage. — Ed.] 
But he is so proud of this place to-day, and he and his family 
enjoy it so much, that you couldn’t pry him away from it with 
double the cost of it. 
PLANTING LIST FOR PLAN ON FACING PAGE 
SIZE 
1 Red Cedar | 4 to 6 ft. 
2 Thuya globosa 2 “ 3 “ 
3 Azalea amoena 18 “24 in. 
4 Juniperus procumbens 18 “ 24 “ 
5 Deutzia gracilis 18 “ 24 “ 
6 Spiraea Van Houttei 2 “ 3 ft. 
7 Viburnum Opulus 2 “ 3 “ 
8 Spiraea Thunbergii 18 “ 24 in. 
9 Juniperus Pfitzeriana 18 “24 
10 Rosa rugosa 2 “ 3 ft. 
11 Rhcdotypos kerrioides 2 “ 3 
12 Stokes’ Aster year old plants 
13 Anemone japonica 
14 Digitalis 
1 5 Phlox, tall, pink 
16 Columbine 
17 Iberis sempervirens 
18 Dianthus 
19 Hollyhock, double pink 
20 Platycodon 
21 Dicentra 
22 Delphinium 
23 Scabiosa alba 
24 Peony 
25 Lupine 
26 Oriental Poppy, pink 
27 Dr. W. Van Fleet climbing Rose . 
28 Climbing American Beauty Rose 
29 Hall’s Honeysuckle 
M Mountain Ash 8 to 10 ft. 
P Peach one year old 
Hedge Privet 2 to 3 ft. 
QUANTITY 
6 
5 
21 
15 
>3 
8 
10 
12 
10 
5 
8 
20 
28 
22 
36 
48 
60 
28 
24 
M 
5 
20 
8 
8 
8 
'4 
4 
2 
8 
1 
1 
570 
HE STEREOTYPED THING— AS THE PLOT WAS ORIGINALL Y 
The improved form is shown opposite 
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