March, 1912 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
65 
Six Months of Flowers from Six 
Plants 
{Continued from page 23 ) 
develop. Planted in the fall they will 
bloom the next summer. 
Clematis is seldom thought of excepting 
as a vine, but there are beautiful bush 
forms which ought to be used everywhere. 
Of these clematis Daz idiana is perhaps the 
most striking and generally satisfactory. 
It grows about three feet high and has 
large clusters of blue flowers that are de¬ 
liciously fragrant. Ordinary light garden 
soil suits it, enriched with annual applica¬ 
tions of manure. Clematis recta is a white 
flowered variety that blossoms earlier. 
Single specimens of either of these are ef¬ 
fective, having almost the appearance of 
a small shrub — or they may be massed 
along a border with delightful results. 
This blossoms so late that spring planting 
is possible, without loss of its summer 
blossoms, but fall planting always seems 
easier and better to me, even when it is 
not preferable for cultural reasons. 
The hardy pompon chrysanthemums fin¬ 
ish the summer with a grand flourish of 
white and as many yellows, bronzes, pinks 
and crimsons as there are shades of these 
colors. Hardiest of flowers, they continue 
blossoming away into November, and even 
severe frosts do not dim the beauty of the 
flowers. Give them a well-drained place 
in any ordinary soil. A single plant will 
cover a space two feet square, so they need 
never stand nearer together than twenty 
inches, if a mass is desired. These alone 
must be planted in spring if the year’s 
bloom is not to be sacrificed, for they blos¬ 
som at just the fall planting season. 
All hardy perennials should be cut ofif 
at the ground when the ground freezes, 
and a mulch of leaves or straw should be 
put over them. This is to prevent the 
ground from thawing again after it has 
frozen — it is not the freezing that kills or 
injures vegetation, but the alternate freez¬ 
ing and thawing and consequent heaving — 
so it should not be done until the frost has 
taken a deep hold. Then it should be done 
immediately. 
Homes That Architects Have Built 
for Themselves 
{Continued from page 21 ) 
reached directly from the hall, and that 
three have their own supply of running 
water or direct connection with a bath¬ 
room, and one its own private bath. On 
the third floor there is a maid's room and 
bath, a storeroom and a spacious play¬ 
room. 
The structural features of the house 
having been thus arranged, the decorative 
side was undertaken. In this part of the 
work the principle of avoiding useless or¬ 
namental things was adopted and rigidly 
adhered to. There are no unnecessary 
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