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Ivy is often wrongly used, with con¬ 
sequent incongruous effects. Here 
in Problem 4, however, the Boston 
variety is entirely in keeping with 
the architecture and surroundings. 
Key and plan belovj 
The solution of Problem 3 depends 
on the right use of flowering shrubs. 
Climbing roses are also used, and 
a few well chosen tulips for early 
bloom. Key and plan below and to 
the right 
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PLANTING LIST FOR PROBLEM 3 
Berberis Thiinbergii, Japanese 
Quantity 
bize 
Cost 
barberry . 
Deutzia Lemoinei Lemoine’s 
18 plants 
lyv-r 
$3.75 
deutzia . ’ . 
Low shrub covered with white 
flowers in May or June. 
Spiraea Van Houtteii, Van 
10 plants 
3'-4' 
2.50 
Houtte’s spirea. 
Medium size, drooping 
branches. Quantities of 
white flowers, May or June. 
Hydrangea arborescens v a r . 
8 plants 
3'-4' 
2.35 
alba grandidora. Hills of Snow. 
Snowball hydrangea. Large 
white flowers until August. 
4 plants 
2'-3' 
1.40 
Forsythia fortunei. Golden Bell. 
Golden flowers in early spring. 
Evonymus alatus. Winged 
3 plants 
4'-5' 
1.50 
evonymus . 
S plants 
3^'-4' 
4C5H' 
3.00 
Branches covered with corky 
bark. Autumn foliage of rose 
.color, and pendant red fruits. 
Viburnum cassinoides, Withe 
2 specimens 
3.00 
rod. 
White flowers in June, fol¬ 
lowed by most attractive 
fruit — yellow, orange and 
dark blue in the same cluster, 
bluish bloom. Medium size. 
Viburnum acerifolium. Maple- 
5 plants 
3'-4' 
3.75 
leaved viburnum . 
Flat clusters of white flowers 
in spring. Dark berries in 
autumn. Foliage turns pink 
and cream color. 
Viburnum tomentosum var. pH- 
2 plants 
l'-2' 
.40 
catnm, Japanese snowball .... 
White flowers in summer. 
Dark green thick foliage, 
dark bronze color in autumn. 
A little tender. 
Buddleia variabilis var. mag- 
4 plants 
2' 
1.60 
nidca, summer lilac . 
The best variety. Flowers in 
long tassels of deep lilac 
purple. Midsummer to frost. 
Climbing roses: 
Tausendschon, large flowers, 
semi-double, pale pink, in 
14 plants 
2'-3' 
4.20 
clusters . 
Silver Moon, very large flow¬ 
ers, buds creamy yellow, open- 
1 plant 
.35 
ing white, yellow stamens. . 
Shower of Gold, coppery gold, 
Wichuraiana type, smaller 
1 plant 
.75 
flowers than above. 
Darwin tulips: 
1 plant 
.50 
$29.05 
Edmee, vivid cherry rose. 
Reverend E w b a n k, lavender 
25 bulbs 
$1.50 
violet . 
25 bulbs 
1.00 
Moonlight, soft canary yellow 
10 bulbs 
.85 
$3.35 
Some common mistakes 
are: overcrowding; lack of 
consideration for the indi¬ 
vidual form of the plants, 
and their inharmonious 
choice in regard to environ¬ 
ment or to the type of 
building which they are in¬ 
tended to set off. 
Next to no planting at 
all the worst effect is gained 
by too much. Some places 
which have been planted 
for immediate effect suffer 
from overcrowding after a 
few years and need the re¬ 
moval or at least thinning 
of some of the plants. In 
this instance the mainte¬ 
nance and not the original 
plan is at fault. However, 
many people have no idea 
of what foundation plant¬ 
ing should look like. It is 
a mistake to engulf a house 
in billows of planting, from 
which it rises like a boat¬ 
house amid billows of 
spume; nor desirable to 
surround it with formal 
hedge-like lines of shrubs. 
In some places the founda¬ 
tions should be visible, and 
the height of the planting 
should bear a definite rela- 
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PLANTING LIST FOR PROBLEM 4 
1. 
Pseudotsuga Douglasi, Dou¬ 
glas spruce . 
Used at ends of planting 
masses to form screen. 
Quantity 
7 plants 3' 
Size 
Cost 
$14.00 
2. 
Buxus sempervirens, Tree 
box, sheared to ball form. . 
Formal accents each side of 
entrance path. 
2 plants 
154' 
VA' 
high 
spread 
6.00 
3 
Ilex opaca, American holly 
Very handsome, hardy as 
far north as Massachu¬ 
setts. Only small speci¬ 
mens desirable in this 
location. 
3 plants 
2' 
4.50 
4. 
Forsythia fortunei. Golden 
bell . 
1 plant 
3'-4' 
1.00 
5. 
Berberis Thiinbergii, Japa¬ 
nese barberry . 
10 plants 
254'-3' 
bushy 
3.00 
6. 
Philadelphus grandidorus, 
Large-flowered mock orange 
Tall shrub for screening 
service at sides. Form 
background for spruces. 
6 plants 
4'-5’ 
2.50 
7. 
Viburnum opulus. High 
bush cranberry . 
White flowers in summer, 
followed by fruit of vivid 
red. 
2 plants 
3' 
.50 
8. 
Spiraea Van Houtteii, Van 
Houtte^s spirea . 
7 plants 
3'-4' 
2.75 
9. 
Viburnum Carlesii, Tow vi¬ 
burnum . 
6 plants 
154'- 2 ' 
3.00 
A new and very choice vari¬ 
ety, with heads of white 
fragrant flowers tinted 
rose; bushy habit and ex¬ 
cellent in every way. 
$37.25 
Flowers in front of shrubs 
10. 
Thermopsis Caroliniana. . .. 
Clover-like leaves, yellow 
pea-like flowers in June 
and July. Robust grower 
and desirable. 
3 plants 
$.45 
11. 
Peony, Duchesse de Ne¬ 
mours. Sulphur white dou¬ 
ble peony . 
2 plants 
.50 
12. 
Clematis paniculata, Japa¬ 
nese Virgin’s Bower. 
2 plants 
.30 
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$1.25 
