March, 1914 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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REAL ESTATE 
Continued 
n- 1 i 0 i „„4 A This property for Sale or Rent 
Oil Long Islnnu Sound House Furnished 
Two and one-half hours from New York 130 acres at Greenport. 
L. I. High elevation overlooking L. I. Sound and Bay. Good 
bathing 2 minutes from house, fine beach, plenty fine shade trees, 
beautiful drive through grove. 1 1-2 miles from village, best roads 
in State, fine large house and gardens, cottage and other out¬ 
buildings all in good shape. 
WM. POST, East Williston, L. I. 
Farm of 100 acres, 600 peach trees, four years old, 100 
apple trees; old fashioned house, good barns, all stock, 
horses, cows, etc.Price, $8,000.00 
CONNECTICUT FARMS 
In the Fruit Belt of New England 
Where we grow peaches and apples with the finest 
flavor and highest color of any in the world. 
We have farms varying in size from 15 acres to 600 acres, 
in price from $3,000.00 to $90,000.00, midway between 
New York and Boston, enjoying the best markets in the East. 
Shipping facilities unequaled. For further particulars apply to 
KNOX & MARTIN, Wallingford, Conn. 
COLONIAL HOMESTEAD—MT. KISCO, N.Y. 
looks down upon this lake—easy access, macadam 
road — wonderful views—surmounts and adjoins 
millionaire’s estate. Easy terms — 10 minutes to 
depot. OWNER, Box 557, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. 
Furnished Camp for Sale, in Maine 
Three acres on the Kenne¬ 
bec River, five miles up 
from Bath, one acre heavi¬ 
ly wooded. Cabin contains 
living room, kitchen with 
open fireplace and three 
sleeping rooms. Beautiful 
views and surroundings. 
Price is SI,000. For fur¬ 
ther information and pho¬ 
tographs write to 
RUTH G. WOOD 
249 Crescent Street, 
Northampton, AIass. 
A Gem of an Island 
In the Famed Chippewa Bay Section 
of the 
St. Lawrence River 
Thousand Islands 
The Island has an area of 2 acres; is suitably improved with 
residence, boat house, etc., designed by a New York architect, 
and is completely furnished and ready for occupancy. The 
present owner has no use for this property. It can be pur¬ 
chased at a bargain. The improvements cost over $60,000. 
The entire property will be sold for a considerably lower sum. 
For particulars apply to 
THOMAS P. GRAHAM 
150 Broadway, New York City 
SOUTHERN GARDEN 
DEPARTMENT 
Conducted by JULIA LESTER DILLON 
The zuriter of this department zvill 
gladly answer inquiries from Southern 
readers in regard to their individual gar¬ 
den problems. Please enclose a self-ad¬ 
dressed, stamped envelope if a prompt per¬ 
sonal reply is desired. 
Ornamental Hedge Plants and Vines 
N O fence that was ever built or 
planned can equal in attractive¬ 
ness, for division lines or for street pro¬ 
tection, a hedge of ornamental growth. 
Not only does the living boundary need no 
repair, but it grows in beauty from year 
to year. It would have been better to 
have planted the hedges in December, but 
it is not yet too late to take advantage of 
the rifts in the February clouds and to 
plant out those shrubs, both deciduous and 
evergreen; those roses and hedge plants 
that are required in the garden plan, and 
to feel sure of good results, from even the 
late start. 
For formal plantings, the Amoor and 
California privets are unexcelled. The 
Amoor, Ligustrum Amurense, is unques¬ 
tionably the most desirable hedge plant 
grown in this section for the home 
grounds. It is of comparatively rapid 
growth and retains its bright-colored 
foliage throughout the entire year. If 
closely cut back it may be put out safely, 
and if kept closely trimmed, in two years 
makes not only an effective but highly 
ornamental division line or screen. 
The California privet, L. ovalifolium, 
loses its leaves in winter, but is more sat¬ 
isfactory for the higher latitudes. It is 
much used in the North and West. 
For a low-growing hedge, where 
strength as well as beauty is desirable, 
Thunberg’s barberry, Berberis Thunbergii, 
is most effective. Its leaves of bright 
green throughout summer change to a rich 
red in autumn, and the bright red berries, 
which come in profusion in earliest spring, 
are wonderfully attractive against the deli¬ 
cate green of the new foliage. This most 
beautiful dwarf barberry is one of our im¬ 
portations from Japan. 
Almost as delicate as fern fronds are the 
leaves of Thunberg’s spiraea, Spiraea Thun¬ 
bergii, which would hardly give bloom in 
March of this year, but might surprise by 
an April shower of its dainty and beautiful 
little blossoms that remind one most forci¬ 
bly of the P>abv’s Breath, Gypsophila pani- 
culata. Its branches are slender and 
drooping; its leaves are very narrow and 
of light green, which changes to an orange 
and red in the fall. This is a planting 
which makes for beauty, but not for pro¬ 
tection. 
For strength and durability there is no 
hedge plant which can equal the Citrus Tri- 
foliata, the Japan hardy orange, and while 
it is not an evergreen, the hardy, green 
THE BREATH 
OF SPRING 
ITH the coming of 
March every lover 
of the outdoors be¬ 
gins to wait impatiently for 
the arrival of Spring. He 
or she has visions of the 
open fields, the broad up¬ 
land, the early vegetables, 
and the first flowers of the 
new season. 
flj .Striking the key-note of 
another year comes the 
April Gardening Guide of 
House & Garden. This, 
one of our four great num¬ 
bers, has become an institu¬ 
tion with us, and its arrival 
is eagerly awaited by thous¬ 
ands of garden lovers all 
over the United .States. 
CJ The advertiser who wishes 
to reach this broad, cul¬ 
tured class of American men 
and women who live in the 
open and think for them¬ 
selves, cannot find a better 
medium, class or otherwise, 
than the columns of the 
next House & Garden. 
fj And what a variety of 
things the professional and 
amateur gardener does need, 
to be sure! Garden seeds of 
the greatest variety, flowers, 
fruits, trees, hedges, fences, 
fertilizers, implements — 
these are a few of his most 
obvious wants, and only 
begin to answer the de¬ 
mands of people living ac¬ 
tive lives in our suburban 
and country districts. 
€J The readers of House & 
Garden expect and want 
to spend a good deal of 
money during the next 
ninety days on their own 
home plot, and for their 
own pleasure. Have you, 
Mr. Advertiser, something 
that you would like to bring 
to their attention? 
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