1911. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
403 
Ruralisms 
LAYING OUT HOME GROUNDS. 
T. F. Y., Huntsville, 2f. J. —The diagram 
below gives a rough plan of my house and 
grounds, in part, for advice or suggestion. 
I have an old place, and have been brush¬ 
ing it up a little. As you will see, the 
plan changed the old garden, or put the 
garden elsewhere, leaving a plot 50x100 
feet in a very conspicuous place unoccu¬ 
pied. I would like advice as to the most 
desirable way to use it. I would like to 
make it the beauty spot of the place, but 
don't know how to go about it. I have 
little knowledge of flowers, or flowering 
vines, etc. 
Ans.—T he plan shows a newly 
sodded plot, southeast of dwelling and 
conspicuously placed by the roadside. 
It appears to be practically surrounded, 
though not greatly shaded, by elms, 
maples and spruces of 40 or more years’ 
growth, which should afford a good 
background for ornamental plantings. 
As this plot was formerly used as a 
household garden, it is assumed the soil 
is in good condition and that the grade 
is satisfactory. As to the character of 
the plantings, this becomes largely a 
matter of the owner’s individuality and 
taste in selection, arrangement and cul¬ 
tivation. A great variety of ornamental 
shrubs for front rows and massing: 
Berberis Thunbergii; Deutzia gracilis, 
Clethra alnifolia; Spiraeas, Callosa 
Alba and Anthony YVaterer; Rugosa 
roses, Blanc Double de Coubert, Mme. 
Georges Bruant and Souvenir de Pierre 
Leperdrieux. Other reliable, hardy 
roses would be: Hybrid sweetbrier, Meg 
Merrilies, crimson; Mme. Plantier, 
white; Magna Charta, deep rose and 
Harrison’s Yellow, bright ye.'low. 
The most desirable hardy perennials 
giving a long succession of bloom would 
be: Aquilegia in variety; Campanulas; 
Delphiniums; Dielytra spectabilis 
(bleeding heart) ; Digitalis or fox¬ 
glove; the various hardy pinks or Dian- 
thus; the Funkia or plantain lily; 
Coreopsis lanceolata grandiflora; Eryn- 
gium or sea holly; Hemerocallis or yel¬ 
low day lily; hollyhocks; lilies; Lychnis 
Chalcedonica; Myosotis or forget-me- 
nots ; paeonies and hardy Phloxes in 
variety; Veronica amethystina and 
Yucca filamentosa. A few bright flow¬ 
ering annuals, such as Asters, Calliopsis, 
Chinese pinks, marigolds, nasturtiums. 
Petunias, Phlox Drummondii, poppies, 
Salvias and Verbenas, as well as Cannas, 
Dahlias and Gladioli, may properly find 
place in such a garden, and a variety of 
Spring flowering hardy bulbs: Crocus, 
tulips, hyacinths and daffodils, will 
surely be needed, but the ordinary 
Summer bedding and short-lived foliage 
plants should be avoided. A garden 
newly soooeo old c a ftp eh 
so x! oo feet. 
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plants may be well grown in central 
New Jersey, but the number that can 
be accommodated with good effect on a 
plot 50x100 feet is not large. The owner 
or gardener should make a study of 
local conditions and make his selections 
from the shrubs and plants that thrive 
best in his locality, arranging them to 
show well from the roadway, but not 
. too greatly to interfere with the out¬ 
look from the dwelling, and also to 
avoid overcrowding of too stiff and 
formal groupings. With these points 
in mind it is possible to develop a 
“beauty spot” that may favorably com¬ 
pare with any in the neighborhood. The 
owner should procure catalogues from 
the nurseryman and plant dealers ad¬ 
vertising in The R. N.-Y. He will find 
in them a wealth of reliable information 
concerning ornamental shrubs and 
plants—their height, habit, form, color 
and season of bloom, hardiness, dura¬ 
tion, proper distances for planting, soil 
requirements, etc., that can scarcely be 
had from other sources. I offered a 
list of desirable plants, but repeat the 
final selection and arrangement should 
be made entirely from the local stand¬ 
point. No one at a distance can intel¬ 
ligently advise in these matters. 
Shrubs growing from five to eight 
feet high for planting near eastern 
boundary: Althaea or Rose of Sharon; 
Deutzia Crenata; Forsythia Fortunei; 
honeysuckle, white Tartarian; Hydran¬ 
gea paniculata grandiflora; Kerria 
Japonica; lilacs, white and purple; pur¬ 
ple fringe tree (Cotinus Cotinus) ; 
scarlet quince; Spiraea prunifolia and 
S. Billardii; Viburnum plicatum and 
Weigelas rosea and Candida. Dwarf 
worth having is worth all the thought, 
labor and energy needed to create and 
develop it, and should prove a “joy for¬ 
ever” to the fortunate owner, whose life 
interests will surely expand with the 
growth of his cherished plants. Such 
work can never be successfully dele¬ 
gated to another. w. v. f. 
A Mulched Peach Orchard. 
M. W. D., IK. Northfleld Muss .—Will the 
correspondent who si'gned G. W. I\, Wilton, 
A'. II., give the particulars of that Carman 
peach orchard of his, such as location, 
method of planting and pruning, how ferti¬ 
lized and sprayed V Also if he has had ex¬ 
perience with other varieties in our latitude 
(southern N'ew Hampshire). 
Ans.— Regarding my Carman orchard 
of 100 trees, the field on which they 
were set produced but little hay, not 
having been plowed for 12 years. Being 
on a hillside that was liable to wash 
badly when plowed, I thought it an ideal 
spot to try the sod grass mulch system. 
The trees were set 12 feet apart, a small 
amount of ground bone, potash and ni¬ 
trate of soda was given each tree. What 
grass grew was mowed and placed 
around the trees. Every tree lived and 
made a good growth. The second year 
the grass crop being light, I bought 
baled hay to mulch the orchard. The 
third year from setting they bore a few 
baskets; 1909 we picked 300 baskets; 
1910 picked 400 baskets. The peaches 
were very large and well colored. Trees 
have been cut back and fruit thinned 
each year; sprayed when buds were dor¬ 
mant. I Have applied chemicals each 
year; last season used basic slag, leaving 
out bone. While these trees have not 
borne as much fruit or made as much 
growth as my orchards of the same age 
that have had clean culture, the labor 
and expense of caring' for them has been 
less. The Carman is the most hardy 
in bud of any variety I have grown; Old- 
mixon next, Crawford and Elberta less 
hardy. My orchards have had a crop 
for the past five years, which is perhaps 
as well as other New England orchards. 
G. W. P. 
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Steel Wheels- 
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