House and Garden 
THE PLAN OF THE GARDEN AND ITS PLANTING 
Especially prepared by House ami Garden 
The planting carried out last season further emphasized 
the basin shape of the garden already made so by the 
masonry walls. The low-growing and most ornamental 
plants were in the parterres bordering upon the central 
Mall, and wilder growing shrubs covered the banks which 
slope at the sides from the Lower Terrace Walk to the 
Upper. The placing of the plants corresponded to a ris¬ 
ing tendency of growth, beginning from the walks and 
leading away from them. In an order corresponding to 
this direction, and beginning from the center of the gar¬ 
den, the following typical contents of the parterres is 
given with reference to the above plan : 
A and B (from the Mall) 
Sweet Alyssum 
California Privet Hedge 
(about i6 7/ high) 
Anemones 
Scarlet Sage 
Sweet William 
Snapdragons, etc. 
Dwarf Box Hedge 
(also at ends next to 
C, D, E, F) 
Sweet Alyssum 
C, D, E and F (from the 
Mall) 
Sweet Alyssum 
California Privet Hedge 
Anemones 
Scarlet Sage 
Phlox 
Annual Wall-flower 
Oriental Poppies 
Delphinium 
Various Chinese Asters 
Pentstemon 
Dahlias 
Echinops 
Helenium 
Lychnis Chalcedonica 
Echeveria 
Zinnias 
Japanese Irises, etc. 
California Privet Hedge 
(Dwarf Box on sides 
next to A, B, G, H) 
Sweet Alyssum 
G and H 
Sweet Alyssum 
Dwarf Box Hedge 
Peonies 
Gladiolus 
Lilies 
Verbena 
African Marigolds 
Lantana Californica 
California Privet Hedge 
next to Lower Ter¬ 
race Walk (Dwarf 
Box at ends next to 
C, D, E, F) 
Sweet Alyssum 
I, J, K, L, M, N, O 
and P 
Dwarf Box 
Sedum 
Viola cornuta 
Various Anemones 
Various Veronica 
Various Dahlias 
Peonies 
Cactus 
Marigolds 
Delphinium 
German and Spanish 
Irises 
Asclepias 
Funkia 
Polemonium 
Spiraea filipendula 
Lilium speciosunr 
Anthenris 
Achillea 
Dragon’s Head 
Various Phlox 
Canterbury Bells 
Aster Nova? Anglia? 
Gaillardia 
Coreopsis 
Aconitum 
Helenium 
Boltonia asteroides 
Boltonia latisquama 
Hollyhocks 
Helianthus multiflorus 
Various Cannas 
Various Spira?a 
Rudbeckia, Golden 
Glow 
Q^and R 
Dwarf Box 
Cigar Plant 
Mixed Petunias 
Various Spira?as 
Various Roses 
Philadelphus 
Climbing Roses and 
large flowering 
Clematis on wall 
S, T, U and V 
Dwarf Box Border 
Silene 
Verbenas 
Honeysuckle 
Sweet William 
Rosa Wichuraiana 
Spiraea arguta 
Aralia pentaphylla 
Standard Honeysuckle 
Crimson Ramblers,etc. 
Retinispora fllifera be¬ 
side bays to walk above 
W and X 
Sweet Alyssum 
Begonia Erfordii in W 
Begonia Vesuvius in X 
Sweet Alyssum 
Y to Z 
Cigar Plant 
Ageratunr 
Heliotrope 
Vinca 
Tuberous-rooted Bego¬ 
nias 
Swainsona galegifolia 
Along paths leading 
from the gazebos to 
the house 
Stephanandra flexuosa 
Daphne Cneorum 
Rosa rugosa 
Geraniums, etc. 
Rambler Roses on wall 
against bowling 
green 
contrast of the somber and the bright, of 
vivacity and rest; but the quandary has 
passed, and clear decision has brought the 
garden as it is, into being. 
Let us mount the hill and view it 
with a closer eye. The carriage drive, as¬ 
cending, passes the stables, and then the 
kitchen garden and greenhouses, enclosed by 
high cement walls. Arriving at the summit, 
it discloses the house and leads to a porte- 
cochere on the side farthest removed from 
the garden. The house was built long be- 
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