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HOUSE & GARDEN 
White flowers stand out most effectively 
against a dark background of trees 
THE GREEN AND WHITE GARDEN 
Suggestions for the Small Place Where Simplicity is the Keynote of the Color Scheme—Planting 
for Succession of Bloom and Balanced Effect 
ELIZABETH LEONARD STRANG 
T HE white and green garden should be worked out with 
only white flowers or those tinged slightly pink. A touch 
of color is supplied by the golden stamens of the flowers. The 
foliage masses are to be of dark glossy green. Such a garden 
would be particularly attractive in tbe moonlight. 
First let us assume that the owner of a small place, say 50' 
x 120', has planted his back yard with a frame of shrubs and 
a tree or two, in such a way that the drying yard is screened 
from the pleasure lawn, and the lawn framed by a soft mass 
of planting. 
Color Succession in a Large Garden 
The trees might be yellow-woods with their white trunks 
and fringed white blossoms in May. In April there would be 
for shrubs the starry white Magnolia stellata and an occasional 
shad-bush at the back of the shrubbery. In the grass would 
be hundreds of white snowdrops and white grape hyacinths. 
Toward the end of April the pale ghost-like narcissus, Mrs. 
Langtry, would be particularly effective in the grass, and a 
few groups of early white tulips and creeping white phlox 
could be planted at tbe base of the shrubs. In May would be 
white lilacs, and pearl bush, Exochorda. Toward the front of 
the shrubbery would be Spircea Van Hoiittci, which hangs so 
gracefully down to the ground, and Dcutzia Lemoinei, a much 
more beautiful variety than the Deutzia gracilis ordinarily 
used. At this time the flowers in bloom would be the poet’s 
narcissus, foxgloves, and the peonies, la Fiance, single white 
with gold stamens, and Marie Lemoinei, double pure white. 
Along the north front of the house go ferns and foxgloves as 
suited to the shade. 
In June there would be syringas, sometimes called mock 
orange, and madonna lilies. A bunch of the Clematis recta, 
fluffy white, would form a contrast in texture to the lilies. 
There is an early white dwarf phlox, Arendsi (var. Crete) 
blooms in June. 
In July white altheas would be in bloom among the shrubs 
and some white phlox at the front, the early variety, Miss 
Lingard, which has an inconspicuous violet eye. Shasta daisies 
and the white variety of Campanula persicifolia would also 
look well in such a situation. 
In August there would still be white altheas among the 
shrubs, and later white phlox, Frau Buchner, dwarf, and In¬ 
dependence, tall. Chrysanthemum ulignosum, with its daisy¬ 
like flowers supported on a tall stalk like a hardy aster, will 
be effective. 
In September and October Clematis paniculata could trail 
over the shrubs. Japanese anemones, single white with golden 
centers and fluffy white Boltonia asteroides would give the 
effect. 
In November there would be only some creamy white late 
chrysanthemums. Perhaps ten or even five of each of the 
flowers mentioned would be needed to carry on the succession 
of bloom. They would be planted, of course, with each kind 
in a mass by itself, and not scattered spottily along the border. 
In placing them, remember that the effect for each separate 
month must be studied carefully. 
The Small Garden 
Now let us suppose that there is to be a little flower garden 
—about as much as the mistress of the house could take care 
