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House & Garden 
Garden Necessities That Repay You 
B ushes, plants, vines, must have some kind of support 
and protection in order that they may grow most 
luxuriously. The best for the purpose, the one that 
combines beauty in itself as well as proper construction for 
endurance, is always the cheapest in the end. 
Trellises and bed guards repay many times over in 
plants, blossoms and foliage. The Excelsior Rust Proof 
Trellis on the end of the porch shown here not only supports 
the vines, but is ornamental as well. The bed guards are 
of the same make—same construction and materials. These 
Trellises and Bed Guards 
are made of heavy, tough, springy steel wires, which are 
held at every intersection in the viselike grip of the Excelsior 
Steel Clamp, a patented feature. AFTER making, the whole 
fabric is galvanized by the Excelsior Process, that not only 
makes it rust proof, but 
thoroughly and completely 
solders it into one rigid 
mass. 
These trellises won’t buckle, 
droop or sag. Winds and shock 
have no effect on them. They 
can be taken down and used 
over, and will last for years. 
To insure getting full 
value for your money, ask 
your hardware dealer for 
these products. We also 
make Excelsior fences, 
tennis fences, tree guards, 
gates, and similar garden 
necessities. We will 
cheerfully send catalog C 
on request. 
WRIGHT WIRE CO. 
WORCESTER, MASS. 
Under 
Garbage 
installed at your home in the early Spring Clean-up—means less 
danger from infantile paralysis germs. Eliminate the dirty garbage 
pail. 
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C. H. STEPHENSON, Mfr., 20 Farrar St., Lynn, Mass. 
ground 
Receiver 
HOYT’S NURSERIES, new canaan. conn. 
We are in the midst of a very- 
fast growing community, and by 
buying Nursery Stock near at home 
you can have the same delivered 
by Motor Truck, right to your 
grounds, all freshly dug. 
Come to the Nursery and select 
vour own trees as we have a large 
assortment of Ornamental Decidu¬ 
ous trees and Evergreens in all 
sizes, Herbacious plants, Peren¬ 
nials, Roses, Hedge plants, in fact, 
everything to make the home 
grounds attractive. 
It is time now to arrange your 
work for Spring and if desired we can have our Landscape Architect make 
you a planting plan of your grounds. 
Do not hesitate to call upon us for assistance as our services are at your 
command. Write for one of our descriptive Catalogues. Address, 
THE STEPHEN HOYT’S SONS. CO. Telephone 333 New Canaan, Conn. 
Be cautious in your foundation plantings of evergreens—their 
form and color are both strong. Problem 5 shoios one situation 
in loliich they are logical, contrasting pleasantly ivith the tapestry 
brick, of the hotise walls 
Six Schemes for the Foundation Border 
{Continued from page 51) 
tion to the architectural features. 
In regard to form we have three 
t 3 'pes of shrubs—known as accents, 
fillers, and facers. The first named 
are used in groups to give height and 
strength at harsh, bare corners, and 
are balanced at entrances in pointed 
or globular shapes. 
Fillers and Facers 
The intermediate shrubs or “fillers” 
are for mass effect and should be of 
varying heights, nicely adjusted to the 
location of the windows, doors and 
bare spaces. Furthermore, they 
should present throughout the year 
individual interest in the texture and 
color of the foliage, and a variety of 
fruit and flowers. Not all shrubs can 
he used for this purpose, for some 
which are attractive when viewed 
from a distance and in large quanti¬ 
ties are entirely too harsh for such 
an intimate use, or too large. 
The third class, the “facers,” are 
used in front of the intermediate 
shrubs to hide bare twigs or soil at 
their base, and to provide firm, com¬ 
pact edges and corners to 
the general mass. _ 
Before drawing the 
planting plan it is hest_ to 
sketch on the elevation 
drawings of the house an 
outline of the planting as it 
will ultimately appear, 
high at the corners or to 
screen the service portion, 
low under the windows, 
and balanced clumps or 
specimens at the entrance. 
Many mistakes are made 
in choosing the plants for 
their climate or particular 
environment—t hat is, in 
regard to sim or shade, 
dust and smoke, soil and 
exposure. W e see rhodo¬ 
dendrons shriveled in the 
winter sun and evergreens 
dried by icy blasts, when 
they crave shelter or at 
least a temporary protec¬ 
tion of pine boughs. We 
see snow from the roof 
and walks heaped upon 
tender, slow-growing ever¬ 
greens when sturdy Japa¬ 
nese barberries would sur¬ 
vive without a protest. 
Flowering shrubs which 
the wrong choice in regard to envi¬ 
ronment is a mistake regarding the 
architecture. For some houses a for¬ 
mal and highly refined type of ever¬ 
green planting is the only one appro¬ 
priate, as in Problem 1. Again, as 
in Problem 5, the texture of the 
tapestry brick is admirably supple¬ 
mented by the evergreens. For the 
latter it is best to choose few kinds 
of a uniform dark green color and to 
avoid a heterogeneous mixture of 
golden and silver-leaved sorts, which 
are in bad taste and often not hardy. 
The most satisfactory evergreens 
for planting immediately around the 
base of the house are, for tall and 
medium size effects, the red cedars, 
the arborvitses, and one or two species 
of Retinospora; and for facing down 
these, Japanese j-ews, Alugho pines, 
and various species of dwarf juniper. 
Of larger trees, hemlocks or firs unite 
snccessfull}^ with tall deciduous 
shrubs when used to frame the ends 
of the house or cut off a view of the 
garage or drying yard. 
{Continued on page 72) 
would flourish in the sun 
are forced to languish and Problem 6 involves a dignified type of 
dwindle in the shade. house. Ithododendrons require either com- 
Even more fatal than plete naturalization or real dignity 
