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surely soon grow beyond all bounds. Climbing Roses on trellis 
work, Virginia Creeper and Clematis on chicken wire, a simple 
shrubbery background, or a high board fence relieved with vines 
will, any one of them, serve the purpose. 
An altogether charming feature for enclosing one side, at least, 
of such a garden is a pergola. Indeed, a grape clad arbor of 
simple rustic design, or one more ambitious architecturally, 
is an almost indispensable ad- 
junct. In its shelter is the ideal 
place for the summer tea-table, 
about which the chairs are ar- 
ranged to afford glimpses of the 
garden through the leafy screen. 
If Grapes of several sorts are 
planted, and the vines are trained 
and pruned to produce both shade 
and fruit, then the September and 
October garden will be particu- 
larly delightful. There is a deal 
of poetry in a grape 
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PLAN II 
(right) 
A slightly 
■elaborated 
version of 
Plan I 
PLAN I (above) 
A simple and very 
effective form 
PLAN III 
A square garden which 
may be enjoyed from 
the flagged terrace 
adjoining one end 
arbor hung thick with 
clusters of variously 
colored fruit, backed 
by glowing autumn 
Daisies and Chrysan- 
themums. 
Any garden is more 
interesting if built on 
different levels. 1 al- 
ways recommend rais- 
ing the floor of the 
pergola a step or two 
above the level of the 
adjacent ground if 
practicable. 
In the type of gar- 
den having a central 
open stretch of lawn 
and a high enclosing 
feature at its outer edge, the 
taller growing plants naturally 
fall into position in the ex- 
treme outer bed and, possibly, 
in the outer half of the inner 
beds. To name only a few 
plants suitable for such placing 
— Hardy Asters, Delphiniums 
Dahlias, and Hollyhocks — 
come perhaps first to mind. 
Any two of these may be set 
alternately near the back of 
the beds with a row of Hardy 
Asters in front. Perennial 
Phloxes and clumps of Ma- 
donna Lilies may be put next. 
With so much of the beds oc- 
cupied by perennials, 1 prefer 
to leave the remaining areas, particularly the fronts of the 
centre beds, to be filled with various annuals. In this way the 
gardener may have the fun of working out new color schemes 
each season. The possibilities are indeed endless. 
For low edging there are Pansies, dwarf Snapdragons, English 
Daisies, Sweet Alyssum, Ageratum, etc. Alyssum is often used 
to outline all of my beds with one of the other plants just named 
placed immediately back of it. I like the Alyssum best planted 
directly next the grass instead of six inches from the edge of the 
bed as so many gardeners insist on doing. The very dwarf 
Snapdragon, in any of a long list of lovely separate colors or in 
mixture, is most desirable toward the front of the beds. 
The intermediate Snapdragons, which grow about fifteen 
inches tall, annual Phloxes of the dwarfer, more compact types, 
PLAN IV 
The semi-circle offers 
interesting planting 
possibilitiesand a max- 
imum of effect with 
the minimum of effort 
PLAN V 
Here the lawn is 
entirely absorbed 
in walks and beds 
formally placed in 
old-time manner 
Stocks, Asters in many varieties, Pinks, Nemesias, Schizanthus, 
Godetias, Calendulas, annual Larkspurs, etc., etc., furnish a 
rich fund of material from which to choose for filling the remain- 
der of the beds. The point is that the selection should not be 
made at random, but to be successful must be carefully thought 
out. For instance, there are perhaps a half dozen quite distinct 
types of the annual Sweet Alyssum alone. Each garden planter 
should select the one that seems 
to fit his scheme best. Then the 
finest seeds should be obtained; 
the most carefully made plans go 
all awry if inferior seeds are sown. 
No amount of coddling will evolve 
a first rate lot of plants from a 
packet of third rate seeds! Many 
gardeners do not seem to realize 
this. Personally, 1 try always to 
get seeds directly from the man 
who grew them. One can always 
find the best seed if one is willing 
to take the necessary pains. The 
reward is, 1 assure you, always 
worth the trouble. 
The areas along the 
outer enclosing walk 
may be filled with 
plants to come into 
perfection after those 
of the centre have 
passed their prime. 
Hardy Asters in the 
newer named varieties 
are especially to be 
recommended. These 
are beautiful supple- 
mented with Anemones and 
Hardy Chrysanthemums. Of 
the latter, many early- 
flowering named sorts that 
will really come to perfection 
planted in the open, are now 
available. As the outer beds 
are likely to be somewhat 
less formal in character, 
Irises, Cottage Tulips, and 
Daffodils may be planted 
there. 
Dutch bulbs (to be re- 
moved after flowering), make, 
of course, a beautiful display 
in the central beds in the early 
season. 
1 n the other type of enclosed 
garden the planting is usually 
somewhat different. While it should, of course, be arranged 
with some regard to the whole garden picture, each bed is more 
likely to be considered individually. The lack of a central open 
lawn considerably reduces the necessity of building up from the 
centre to the outer hedge or wall. The fact that the beds are 
likely to be broader suggests building them up to their own 
centres. In this type of enclosed garden, edgings of dwarf Box 
are almost traditional. 
The possibilities are so numerous that it is useless going into 
further details. To plant a garden effectively one must first 
become familiar with the material available and make one’s 
own selections. Various almanacs and tables that have been 
published from time to time help to a certain extent, as they 
give heights, colors, season of flowering etc., of the garden 
plants in common use. But for real success the first-hand 
knowledge gained by actually growing the plants is the best 
school — one is tempted to say the only school. 
PLAN VI 
The square enclosure 
treated in “Colonial” 
style has a pleasing air 
of quaintness and pro- 
vides abundant room for 
all the old garden 
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