1014. 
The Home Acre. 
LAYING OUT A I’LACE. 
Part I. 
Grass seed mixture can be procured from 
any seedsman, doing business in our sea- 
coast cities. Along the margins of drive 
ways and walks a strip of sod eight or 
10 inches wide should be laid to grade 
(with the exception of the walks in the 
vegetable and flower gardens, which 
should be sodded the entire width). This 
will hold the soil to grade and prevent 
washing out by heavy rains. 
The driveway and walks should be ex¬ 
cavated to a depth of six and four inches 
respectively and filled in with good gravel 
up to within one inch of the surface and 
rolled. Some people like an abundance 
of trees and shrubs on the lawn and its 
borders, while others prefer not so many. 
In the plan there is abundance specified. 
If too many to suit your taste, you can 
cut out as many of the plantings as will 
be necessary to conform with your ideas. 
No estimate will be given on the cost of 
grading and laying out of the property, 
as that is a matter largely governed by 
local conditions and the cost of material. 
I cannot even guess what the cost of the 
work will be. The cost of planting the 
vegetable and annual flower garden is 
not included in this estimate, as that is 
also largely controlled by local conditions 
as to cost of labor, plants, etc. 
PLANTING LIST WITH ESTI¬ 
MATED COST. 
1— 12 Silver maples for drive¬ 
way, 8 to 10 feet, at .75... 
2— 3 Silver maples for lawn.... 
3— 2 Oriental plane for lawn... 
4— 1 Purple-leaved beech for lawn 
5— 1 European elm for lawn, 10 
to 12 feet . 
6— 1 European linden for lawn, 8 
to 10 feet . 
7— 1 Catalpa speeiosa for lawn, 
8 to 10 feet . 
8— 13 Silver maple for street, 10 
to 12 feet . 
9— 1 Colorado blue spruce for 
lawn, 2 to 3 feet. 
10— 1 Retinispora plumosa for 
lawn. 2 to 3 feet. 
11— 1 It. plumosa aurea, 2 to 3 
feet . 
12— 1 It. squarrosa Veitchii, 2 to 
3 feet .. 
13— 1 Douglas spruce, 2 to 3 feet 
14— 1 Norway spruce, 2 to 3 feet. 
15— 2 Red Astrachan apple, G to 7 
feet . 
16— 3 Bartlett pear, 5 to 6 feet. . . 
17— 2 Early Harvest apple, 6 to 7 
feet . 
SHRUB BORDER. 
IS—G Philadelphus grandiflorus, 2 
to 3 feet. 
19— 6 Syringa vulgaris, 2 to 3 feet 
20— 3Althaea, assorted, 2 to 3 feet 
21— 5 Lonieera Morrowi, 2 to 3 
feet . 
22— 11 Deutzia crenata fl. id., 2 to 
3 feet . 
23— 8 Forsythia viridissima, 2 to 
3 feet .. 
24— 4 Spiraea Billardi, 2 to 3 feet. 
25— 9 S. Van Houttei, 2 to 3 feet 
26— 9 Hydrangea p a n i c u 1 a t a 
grandiflora, 2 to 3 feet.... 
27— 8 Deutzia gracilis, 18 to 24 
inches . 
28— 9 Rosa rugosa rubra. 
29— 8 Deutzia gracilis rosea. 
30— 6 Spiraea Callosa alba. 
31— 6 Spiraea Anthony Waterer.. 
32— 9 Philadelphus nanus, 18 to 
24 inches . 
33— 7 Forsythia Suspensa, 2 to 3 
feet . 
34— 8 Deutzia Lemoinei, 2 to 3 
feet . 
35— GWeigela nana variegata, 2 to 
3 feet . 
36— 1 W. rosea, 2 to 3 feet. 
37— 1 Viburnum opulus-sterilis, 2 
to 3 feet. 
38— 1 Deutzia caudidissima, 2 to 
3 feet . 
39— 1 Spirrna opulifolia, 2 to 3 
feet . 
40— 1 Syringa vulgaris albus, 2 to 
3 feet . 
41— 2 Spiraea Van Houttei, 2 to 3 
feet . 
42— 1 Wei gel a amabilis, 2 to 3 feet 
43— 1 Syringa Persica, 2 to 3 feet 
44— 1 S. Persica alba. 2 to 3 feet 
45— 1 Philadelphus aurea, 2 feet. 
46— 3 Spinoa Van Houttei, 2 to 3 
feet . 
47— 4Spira*a Van Houttei, 2 to 3 
feet . 
48— 5 Deutzia candidissima, 2 to 3 
feet . 
49— 3 Syringa Villosa, 2 to 3 feet. 
50— 6 Hydrangea paniculata 
grandiflora, 2 to 3 feet.... 
51— 5 Spiraea Bumalda . 
52— 5 Philadelphus Avalanche, 2 
to 3 feet. 
53— 16 Lonieera Ilalleana, Japan 
honeysuckle, to be trained 
on poultry wire attached to 
foundation and cornice of 
piazza, leaving openings re¬ 
sembling windows between 
the columns. If it is de- 
$9.00 
2.25 
2.50 
4.00 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
13.00 
1.50 
1.50 
1.50 
1.50 
1.50 
.75 
1.20 
3.00 
1.20 
1.50 
1.50 
.75 
1.25 
1.50 
1.00 
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2.80 
2.70 
4.00 
1.50 
1.50 
2.25 
1,40 
2.50 
1.50 
.25 
.25 
.25 
.25 
.25 
.50 
.20 
.35 
or 
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1.00 
1.25 
1.05 
1.50 
1.25 
2.50 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
11 7 
sired, every alternate plant 
may be Clematis paniculata 
54— 2 crescent shape flower beds 
in front of piazza for ger¬ 
aniums ... 
55— 2 Spira-a Anthony Waterer.. 
56— 3 Ithodotypos kerrioides, 2 to 
3 feet . 
57— 2 Hypericum aureura. 
58— 2 Deutzia gracilis rosea. 
59— 2 Thunberg’s barberry, 2 feet 
60— 3Daphne Cneorum . 
61— 2 Weigela nana foliis varie- 
gatis, 2 to 3 feet. 
FLOWER GARDEN, ETC. 
62— 1 Climbing rose, Dr. Van 
Fleet, trained up to garage 
63— 1 climbing rose Gardenia 
trained up to garage . 
64— 1 climbing Dorothy Perkins.. 
65— 30 hardy bush roses tw r o years 
old; 3 Gen. Jacqueminot, 3 
Paul Neyron, 3 Coquette 
des Alpes, 3 Hugh Dickson, 
3 Frau Karl Drusehki, 3 
Conrad F. Meyer. 3 Prince 
Camille de Rohan, 3 Clio, 3 
Anna de Diesbach, 3 Ulrich 
Brunner . 15.00 
HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 
66— 7 Itudbeckia Golden Glow, at 
15c. 1.05 
67— 7 Ilelenium autumnale, at 15c. 1.05 
68— 5 Eupatorium ageratoides„ at 
15c.75 
69— 6 Digitalis, assorted, at 15c.. .90 
70— 7 Heliopsis Pitcheriana, at 
15c. 1.05 
71—8 Hardy Phlox, mixed, at 15c. 1.25 
4.00 72—8 Hardy Delphinium, mixed, 
at 15c. 1.20 
73—5 German Iris, 5 Oriental 
poppy, at 15c. . 1.50 
.50 74—4 Coreopsis lanceolata. 4 
Asclepias tuberosa, at 15c.. 1.20 
.75 . 75—7 Funkia coerulea, at 10c . .70 
.70 76—7 assorted columbines, at 15c. 1.05 
1.00 VEGETABLE GARDEN. 
.60 77—5 Currant bushes, 2-yr-old... 1.00 
1.50 78— 4 Gooseberry, Downing.60 
79—8 Rhubarb . 1.60 
.50 80—2 Sage, Holt’s Mammoth.... .30 
81— 2 Tarragon .70 
82— 2 Spearmint .20 
.50 S4—100 strawberries, two rows, 
two feet apart, 18 inches 
.50 apart in the row, rows full 
.35 length of cultivated garden 
in fruit tree border; select 
such varieties that do well 
in the vicinity of Cape Cod 1.50 
Lawn grass seed, 3 bushels.. 15.00 
$152.60 
A discount of 10 per cent, more may 
possibly be allowed, if all or nearly all 
the trees, shrubs, etc., is procured from 
one nursery. 
85— -85 assorted Althaea hedge on 
west and north sides of gar¬ 
den, ' planted 18 inches apart 
in the row..-. 10.00 
86— 480 California privet hedge on 
west and north street lines, 
planted eight inches apart 
in the row, blocking ends of 
hedge at entrance to drive¬ 
way by planting in squares 
of about 30 inches. 10.00 
Total .$172.60 
J. A. K. 
English Walnuts for Ohio. 
What about the English walnut? Is it 
hardy enough for latitude 41 deg. in Ohio? 
Would it be a profitable tree to plant? 
Can trees be raised from the nuts? 
Where could trees be procured? Is there 
any other thin-shelled nut that would do 
well in Ohio? t. f. y. 
As yet it is somewhat uncertain about 
the success of the Persian walnut in 
Ohio, but it would seem reasonable to 
think that the varieties that succeed in 
New York and Pennsylvania would be 
suitable there as well. But this tree is 
not so hardy as the native walnuts that 
grow all over Ohio, but needs a more 
equable climate. It seems to be the vio¬ 
lent changes that injure the trees. Now 
that there are a very few nurseries pro¬ 
pagating the hardy walnuts, pecans and 
some other nut trees by grafting them 
on native, hardy stocks, there ought to 
be a far more general trial of them and 
with much more success. Seedlings are 
uncertain as to variety, but they are far 
better than no trees at all. H. E. V. d. 
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