49 
Book of Gardens 
Plan No. 2 is 
adaptable to almost 
any lot or house 
plan. The land 
drops abruptly 
away at the back, 
affording an op¬ 
portunity for a 
garage and billiard 
room in the base¬ 
ment. From win¬ 
dows above, one 
gets the effect of a 
sunken garden, its 
square, formal 
shape seeming to 
belong to the Eng¬ 
lish style of brick 
house. The walks 
are of grass; the 
hedge of clipped 
privet; the benches 
simple home-made 
ones of wood; the 
bird basin in the 
center a square 
pedestal of brick 
with shallow con¬ 
crete basin. The 
circular seat at the 
end may be con¬ 
structed at home of 
brick and concrete, or one of the better type 
of white wood garden seats arched with an 
arbor of wrought iron and netting. 
The garden is joined to the house by un¬ 
dipped overhanging branches of privet. Since 
the living room windows are so far above, there 
can be no entrance from the house on the main 
axis, but a flight of stairs from the main floor 
leads down to a garden door. 
Within the garden, a walk separates the 
beds from the hedge, planned thus from the 
purely utilitarian purpose of keeping its roots 
from robbing the flowers. Like the pictured 
No. 2 is adaptable to almost any lot or house plan 
Elizabethan gar¬ 
dens, the beds 
should be a mass 
of color from earli¬ 
est spring until 
late fall. 
In spring the 
hemlock, red maple 
blossoms, tender 
green of the larch, 
misty yellow of the 
spice bush, scarlet 
Japanese quince 
and snowy amer 
lanchier outside 
the hedge, bid a 
fair morning to the 
narcissus, early 
tulips, grape hya¬ 
cinths and arabis 
within. 
The procession 
never halts. Pres¬ 
ently come white 
lilacs, flowering 
crab, wistaria, the 
whole splashed by 
the delicate tints of 
the Darwin tulips. 
Here are iris, col¬ 
umbine, lilac-blue 
Phlox divaricata; 
Sweet William, foxglove and peonies; helenium 
and light blue asters; and last the showy yellow 
chrysanthemums. 
Across the front of the house dwarf ever¬ 
greens and vines are used sparingly, because, 
owing to the low foundation, too much plant¬ 
ing would ruin the effect. The lawn in front 
is framed by an apple tree, two specimens of 
Cercidiphyllum, white fringe, spirea, forsythia 
and barberry. 
Two buckthorns meet over the service walk, 
and a tall hedge of unclipped privet success¬ 
fully conceals the drying yard at the side. 
PLANTING LIST FOR PLAN No. 2 
EVERGREENS 
INDEX 
1. Tsui)" canadensis, American hemlock. 1 plant, 4'-4M>’ 
high. 
2. Lasix Europaea, European larch. 1 plant, 5'-6' high. 
3. Pinus mnntana, var. Mu oh us. Mugho pine, dwarf, 6 plants. 
12"-15" high. 
4. Lcucothoe Cateabei. lily-of-the-valley shrub. Broad leaved 
evergreen, small white flowers. 2 plants, l'-l%' high. 
DECIDUOUS TREES 
5. Acer saccharin «. sugar maple. Larger than Norway maple. 
9 plants, 8'-10' high. 
22. Spiraea. Van Houttei. Van Houtte’s spirea. 9 plants. 2'-3' 
high, 3' apart. 
23. Evonymus alatus. cork-barked evonymus. 3 plants, 2'-3' 
high, 4' apart 
24. Philadelphia grandiflorus, the tallest variety of mock 
orange. 4 plants, 3'-4' high, 4' apart. 
2 5. Syringe vulgaris, var. alba, common white lilac. Grows 
taller than the purple. 8 plants, 2'-3' high. 4' apart. 
2G. Kibes aureuni, flowering currant. Early, intensely fragrant 
yellow flowers. 6 plants 2'-3' high, 3' apart. 
27. Kosa rugosa, var. Blanche de Coubert, double white Japa¬ 
nese rose. 20 plants l%'-2' high, 2' apart. 
PERENNIALS (Spring) 
43. Arabis alpina, white rock cress. 40 plants, 12" apart. 
44. Alyssum saxatile. Golden tuft. Vivid yellow for accents. 
8 plants. 
45. Iris pallida, large porcelain blue iris. 40 plants, 12" 
apart. 
46. Dicksonia punctiloba, hay-scented fern. Sun or shade. 
18 plants, 12" apart. 
47. Aquilegia hybrids hybrid columbines. Pink and cream. 
20 plants. 12" apart. 
48. Phlox divaricata, wild Sweet William. Large, fragrant. 
lilac-blue. 15 plants, 12" apart. 
6. Acer rubrum, red maple. 1 plant. G'-S' high. 
7. Apple. 1 plant, 5'-6' high. Alternative choice: Northern 
Spy. red winter variety: Rhode Island Green big. large 
winter variety; Fameuse or snow apple, handsome ted 
autumn variety. 
S. Peach. 2 plants. 4'-5' high. Crawford’s Early, yellow 
freestone, August; Elberta. later yellow. 
9. Cherrv. 2 plants, 4'-5' high. Black Tartarian ox-heart; 
Yellow Spanish. 
10. Quince, Champion. Large yellow. 1 plant, 4'-5' high. 
11. Cercidiphyllum iaponicum, handsome specimen trees, gray 
bark, smooth leaves, purplish when young. 2 plants, 
4'-6' high. 
12. Alaius I miens is var. Bechtelii. double pink flowering crab, 
very fragrant. 1 plant, 3'-4' high. 
13. A lulus S"heideckeri, double flower’ng crab, shapely habit, 
rose color. 1 plant 3'-4' high. 
14. Khamnus cathartica. 2 plants, 2%'-3%' high. 
DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 
13. Amelanchier canadensis, shad bush. Very early white 
flowers, edible fruit in June eaten by birds. 5 plants, 
2'-3' high, 4' apart. 
1G. Benso n aestivate, spice bush. Very early yellow flowers. 
3 plants, 2'-3' high, 4' apart. 
17. Forsviliia intermedia, golden bell. 10 plants, 3'-4' high. 
3' apart. 
18. Chionanthus Virainica, white fr'nge. Flowers in May. foli¬ 
age good. 1 plant, 2'-3' high. 
19. Ligustrum Ibota. hardy Japanese' privet. Unclipped, 2G 
plants, 4’-5' high, 3' apart; clipped for hedge, 54 
plants, 2'-3' high, 2' apart. 
2 0. Viburnum opulus, high bush cranberry. 4 plants, 3'-4' 
high, 4' apart. 
21. Cydnnia jap'inica, Japan quince. Select some of the pink 
hybrids if scarlet is not desired. 4 plants, 2'-3' h g .. 
3' apart. 
28. 
2 9. 
30. 
31. 
32. 
33. 
34. 
36 . 
3 7. 
3S. 
39. 
40. 
41. 
Berberis Thnnbergii. Japanese barberry. Unclipped in 
masses. 17 plants, l%'-2' high. 2' apart. 
VINES 
Evonymus rad)cans, climbing evergreen evonymus. Clings 
to brick. 8 plants, 3 years old. 
Schizofragma hydrangeoides, climbing hydrangea. Clings 
to brick and stone. 6 plants, 2 years old. 
Ampelopsis hcterophylla, turquoise vine. Exquisite blue 
and purple berries, grape-like leaf. 3 plants, 2 years 
old. 
Ampelopsis Veitchii. Boston ivy. 8 plants, 2 years old. 
Lonicera HatUana. Hall’s honeysuckle. 2 plants, 3 years 
old. 
Climbing rose. Silver Moon. Large single white. 8 plants, 
4" pot. 
Grape, Moore’s Early. Large blue variety. 3 plants, 2 
years old, 8' apart. 
Wistaria Chinensis, purple wistaria. 2 plants, 4 years old. 
Celastrus scandens, bittersweet. 2 plants, 2 years old. 
BULBS (Spring) 
Crocus Mammoth Golden Yellow. Among evergreens across 
front of house. 2 00 bulbs. 
Muscari botryoides. blue grape hyacinth. In flower gar¬ 
den at foot of hedge. 200 bulbs. 
Narcissus Sir Watkin, large yellow trumpet. 100 bul 
Early tulips. (A) Duke of Albany, very early pink, 
bulbs around circle back of arabis and nepeta; ( 
Princess Wilhelmina. deeper pink. 50 bulbs arou 
peonies; (C) Goldfinch, pure yellow, 50 bulbs m 
Japanese iris. 
Darwin 
pink. 
tul’ns. 
100 
Selected varieties of lavender, 
bulbs near outer corners of beds. 
FERENNIALS (Summer) 
49. Heuchera sanguinea. coral bells. Small red flowers on 
slender red stems, bloom all summer, leaves evergreen. 
15 plants, 12" apart. 
50. Digitalis gloxinoeflora, foxgloves. Mixed carmine pink and 
white. 55 plants, 12" apart. 
51. Dianthus barbatus, white Sweet William. Take up after 
blooming and replace with pink verbenas. 80 plants. 
8" apart. 
52. Paeonia, var. rosea elegans, peony. Double rose, creamy 
center. 4 specimen plants. 
53. Papaver orientate, red Oriental poppy. 25 plants, 15" 
apart. 
54. Nepeta Muss ini. mint. Mauve flowers, gray leaves, excel¬ 
lent for edging. 15 plants. 12" apart. 
55. delphinium hybrids, larkspur. 32 plants, IS" apart. 
56. Oenothera Missouriensis, Missouri primrose. Large solitary 
yellow flowers useful as accents. G plants, 12" apart. 
57. Fvnkia lanceolate, lavender day lily. Late, blooms in 
September. 15 plants, 12" apart. 
58. Anthemis tinctoria » chamomile. Yellow daisy, lasts all 
summer. 12 plants, 18" apart. 
59. Iris Kaempferi, Japanese iris. Lavender. 25 plants. 12" 
60. Phlox varieties. 15" apart. (A) Jeanne d’Arc. late pure 
white, 40 plants; (B) R. P. Strothers, vivid coral red. 
20 plants; (C) F. G. von Lassburg. large white, 10 
plants. 
PERENNIALS (Autumn) 
61. Helenium autumnale, yellow sneezeweed. 12 plants. 12" 
apart. 
62. Aster Feltliam Blue. Medium height, large masses porce¬ 
lain blue flowers. 40 plants, 1' apart. 
63. Hardy chrysanthemums, aster-flowered variety Etoile d'Or, 
vivid yellow. 40 plants, 12" apart. 
