Book of Gardens 
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PLANTING LIST FOR A RED GARDEN 
SPRING 
Red 
Tsuga Canadensis, hemlock: for hedge, 3' high, 
ly* apart. 
Acer rubrum, red maple: frame planting, trees 
10' to 12' high. 
Earlv tulips: Mais, dazzling scarlet, darker in¬ 
side, model form, first to bloom; Dusart, 
deep crimson, large, finely formed flower, 
second to bloom; Kohinoor, deep velvety 
crimson, purplish bloom, the darkest red 
tulip, third to bloom of the early sorts. 
Trillium erectum, wake-robin: very dark red, 
medium height, late April to early June. 
Paeonia officinalis, common garden peony: 
double crimson, likes half shade, mid-May 
to mid-June, 2'-3'. 
Paeonia tenuifolia, red peony: large single flow¬ 
ers and fine feathery foliage, likes half 
shade, mid-May to mid-June, l'-l J4'- 
Paeonia paradoxa, herbaceous peony: compact, 
dwarf plant, single crimson flowers, glau¬ 
cous foliage. Half shade, late May, 
Late tulips: Eclipse, glowing blood-red, steel 
blue base, probably the best for combina¬ 
tion with old-fashioned peony, second to 
bloom, Esato, bright blood-red. rich purple 
bloom on outer petals; King Harold, deep 
cx-blood red, purple-black base, third to 
bloom; Inglescombe Scarlet, vermilion red, 
black base, fourth to bloom. 
Rhododendron hybrid, Abraham Lincoln: very 
dark red. 
Dicnthns cruentus, dark red pink: June and 
July, 1'-1J4'. 
White 
Atnelanchier Canadensis, shad bush: small tree 
covered with small white flowers in March 
and April. 
Sanguinaria Canadensis, blood-root: March and 
early April, 3"-6". 
. Trillium grandidorum, large flowered wake- 
robin: pure white, very large flower, half 
shade, May to early June, 6"-12". 
Arabis alpina. rick rress: low white, early April 
to late May, 6". 
Spiraea van Houttei, Van Houtte’s spirea: May, 
3'-6'. 
. Spiraea Contonensis: May, lower bush but 
larger flowers than the above. 
Syringa vulgaris, var. alba, common white lilac: 
May. 
Paeonia albiftora, var. The Bride: large single, 
faint flush rose, golden stamens, early. 
Thalictrum aquilegifolium, feathered columbine: 
half shade, late May to mid-July, l'-3'. 
Thalictruin flavutn. fen rue: greenish yellow, 
half shade, July-Aug., 2'-4'. 
SUMMER 
Red 
Climbing roses: Crimson Rambler; Silver Moon, 
single, large, silvery white. 
Papaver bracteatum, oriental poppy: -blood-red, 
late May to mid-June, 3'-4'. 
Potentilla argyrophylla; var. atrosanguinea, 
cinquefoil: sun, June and July, 2'-3'. 
Geum atrosanguineum fiorepleno, var. Mrs. 
Bradshaw: double deep crimson avens, 
June-July, 1': 
Heuchera sanguined, coral bells: nodding red 
bells on red stems, June to late September, 
r-i ys. 
Monarda didynia, bee balm: ragged blood-red 
heads, effective. Mid-June to early Sep¬ 
tember, 1}4'-2J^'. 
Althaea rosea, hollyhock: dark red selected 
shades. Sun, July-August, 5'-8'. 
Lobelia fulgens, shining cardinal flower: larger, 
deeper red and more showy than the other, 
July-Aug., 2'-3'. 
Phlox paniculata, var. Montagnard: deep blood- 
red, July to October, 3'-4'. 
Lobelia cardinalis, cardinal flower: August to 
mid-September, 2'-4'. 
Lycoris sanguinea, blood-red amaryllis: sun, 
July-A'ug., l'-3'. 
Tuberous begonia: deep red. 
Gladioli, red varieties of pure color: Princess 
Orange, Governor Hanley, Cherry King. 
Dahlias: J. IT. Jackson, cactus, dark crimson 
maroon; Le Grant, decorative, velvety red 
shaded maroon. 
White 
Clematis recta, herbaceous virgin’s bower: sun, 
early June to mid-July, 2'-3'. 
Iris Kaempferi, Japanese iris, var. Gould 
Bound: white with yellow markings, sun, 
June-July, 2'-3'. 
Galium Molluge, mist flower: half shade, June 
to late August, l'-3'. 
Gypsophila paniculata, infant’s breath: July- 
August, 2'-3'. 
AUTUMN 
Red 
Hardy chrysanthemums: Black Douglas, fringed 
petals, dark mahogany brown, medium 
early; Brown Bessie, small button, dark 
brownish maroon; Regal Beauty, deep wine 
red. 
Berberis Thunbergii, Japanese barberry: planted 
for foliage and fruit effect of brilliant red. 
White 
Boltonia asteroides, aster-like boltonia: sun, 
late August to mid-October, 2'-8'. 
Anemone Japonica, Japanese anemone: sun or 
half shade, late September to early No¬ 
vember, 2'-2y. 
Hardy chrvsanthemum, Queen of the Whites: 
large flowered, medium to late. 
As for the quality of the dominant color it¬ 
self, there can, of course, be no mixture of 
orange, scarlet or crimson tones. What is de¬ 
sired is a real, true red, a glowing ruby or 
blood color. 
If white is the peacemaker of the garden, 
yellow would seem to be the life of it. The 
deep golden tones, by their very intensity, seem 
to be in larger quantities than they really are. 
Accordingly, in the garden of various colors 
they contribute most to the general effect when 
they are used as accents. 
At certain seasons, however, we do not ob¬ 
ject to an entire garden of vivid gold. In spring 
a garden of crocus, forsythia and daffodils 
forms a gorgeous though transitory picture; 
and in the autumn, when sombre tones pre¬ 
dominate in the landscape, great masses of 
heleniums or chrysanthemums create an in¬ 
stant response in the beholder. In midsummer 
the eye wearies of hot, intense colors, and yel¬ 
low should then be subordinated. 
There is a type of yellow garden that could, 
consistently and agreeably, be carried out for 
the entire season. It is composed of pale prim¬ 
rose-yellow and cream-white, and is selected 
with the greatest care lest too strong a note ob¬ 
trude on the softness of the general tone. To 
avoid weakness or insipidity there is added a 
dash of the darkest red imaginable—a velvety 
black maroon with no hint of crimson. 
By its very nature the color scheme suggests 
great breadth of treatment in the arrangement 
of the flowers in large and effective masses. 
This effect is achieved by the comparative 
shortness of the list and the frank, simple de¬ 
sign of the garden, which admirably lends it¬ 
self to well-balanced masses of bloom. A 
cheerful warmth is its dominant characteristic; 
an effect accentuated by the dark brown garden 
house, the russet paths of tan bark or gravel, 
the rich green of the high encircling hemlock 
hedge and the dwarf box which frames the 
beds. Outside the hedge are masses of shrubs 
whose effect is that of light and grace itself. 
The year begins in February with Japanese 
witch-hazel; in March this is followed by 
sprays of spice bush, Cornus mas in April, and 
in late autumn by the native witch-hazel. All 
of these have delicate blossoms of light yellow, 
which in May become very striking with the aid 
of laburnum or golden chain. With a certain 
percentage of white—for instance, in April the 
Magnolia stellata, the fringe-like creamy yel¬ 
low wood and the white fringe-tree in late 
spring—we evolve a contrasting background. 
Inside the hedge certain shrubs and roses 
pay royal tribute. At the outer corners are 
strong masses of strawberry shrub whose cinna¬ 
mon-scented brown flowers are an effective foil 
to the snowy white cascades of Spiraea Van 
Houttei. All the entrances are sentinelled with 
Harrison’s yellow rose, an old-fashioned fa¬ 
vorite, in early June a shower of fragrant semi¬ 
double blooms of sulphur yellow; while in 
front of them are some dark red varieties. 
