October, 1914 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
243 
A Spring Garden Made in the Fall 
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times difficult to tell what each row was 
intended to contain — or even to distin¬ 
guish any definite outlines, but it is cer¬ 
tain that this arrangement made the orig¬ 
inal planting much simpler. 
The borders on each side of the central 
walk contain perennial shrubs almost ex¬ 
clusively. One of the large beds is given 
over to roses and the other large one to 
many varieties of lilies. These, with the 
addition of the hydrangea hedge and the 
arbors of Lady Gay roses, constitute the 
most formal arrangement of the garden : 
nowhere else are the same varieties 
massed. Everywhere there are roses. I11 
fact, from the time of the earliest rambler 
till long after the glory of the spring gar¬ 
den is gone, the key-note of the whole gar¬ 
den seems to be roses — every shade and 
every variety. Particularly beautiful is 
the hybrid perpetual, Karl Druschi, which 
bears unusually large, perfectly shaped 
roses of purest white. 
Beyond the flower beds are lilacs and 
a few other shrubs which serve as a sort 
of boundary for the garden, yet are not 
so dense as to obscure the view of the 
river. In line with this shrubbery is a 
picturesque honeysuckle arbor, and be¬ 
yond that a rustic seat around an old 
gnarled tree. 
Few amateurs have any idea of the ef¬ 
fects obtained bv flowering trees, particu¬ 
larly the ones that flower before the fo¬ 
liage is in full leaf. To such people this 
garden would be a revelation. First come 
the fruit trees, the snowy masses of pear 
blossoms and the soft pink of the peaches; 
and as companions to these are the cro¬ 
cuses and hyacinths, and the clear yellow 
blossoms of the forsythia. Before these 
have ceased blooming the magnolia, dog¬ 
wood, redbud (Cercis Canadensis), the 
japonicas and the tulips have added their 
share of beauty. Then, so fast that they 
fairly follow in the heels of each other, 
making the whole month of May a carni¬ 
val of color, come the narcissi, the ane¬ 
mones, iris, lilies, peonies, lilacs, spirea, 
flowering almond, Philadelphus, snow¬ 
balls, corchorus, columbines and fox¬ 
glove ; while overhead bloom first the wild 
crab, then the double-flowering crab, with 
its clusters of pink, rose-like blossoms. 
Perhaps the loveliest display of the 
spring garden is about the last week in 
May. The hardy hydrangea hedge, with 
its neighboring borders of pink peonies, 
has for a background the arches of pink 
climbing roses (Lady Gay), so that every¬ 
where you look is pink and white and 
green. The spring garden goes far into 
June, however, beginning with the late 
varieties of peonies, lilies, Oriental pop¬ 
pies and the blooms of the catalpa tree 
and ending with larkspur, Shasta daisies, 
coreopsis and Canterbury bells. And 
when the gay spring garden is gone there 
are still the monthly roses and the orna- 
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