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House & Garden 
gay. This effect is succeeded by a 
combination of white Spiraea Van 
Houtteii, yellow iris, and lavender 
Darwin tulips. During midsummer it 
remains a restful green, to be en¬ 
livened in the autumn by the gold and 
white of Japanese anemones. 
The flower border at the side of the 
porch is made up of forget-me-nots, 
English daisies, and early pink tulips, 
followed by pink peonies and spirea, 
iris of violet and purple and lavender- 
blue, and May-flowering tulips of 
pink and primrose. In June, early 
pink phlox l’Evenement contrasts 
effectively with the larkspur. Grapes 
shade the porch in late summer and 
the border is gorgeous with purple and 
gold helenium, pink Japanese anem¬ 
ones, and yellow button chrysan¬ 
themums. 
The cost of the plants is approxi¬ 
mately $106.48, divided as follows: 
Evergreens, $15.35; trees, $12.55; de¬ 
ciduous shrubs, $25.25; vines, $9.45; 
bulbs, $8.30; perennials, $31.08; an¬ 
nuals, $4.50. 
Plan No. 2 
Plan No. 2 is adaptable to almost 
any lot or house plan. The land 
drops abruptly away at the back, 
affording an opportunity for a garage 
and billiard room in the basement. 
From windows above, one gets the 
effect of a sunken garden, its square, 
formal shape seeming to belong to the 
English style of brick house. The 
walks are of grass; the hedge of 
clipped privet; the benches simple 
home-made ones of wood; the bird 
basin in the center a square pedestal 
of brick with shallow concrete basin. 
The circular seat at the end may be 
constructed at home of brick and con¬ 
crete, or one of the better type of 
white wood garden seats arched with 
an arbor of wrought iron and netting. 
The garden is joined to the house 
by undipped overhanging branches of 
privet. Since the living room win¬ 
dows are so far above, there can be no 
entrance from the house on the main 
axis, but a flight of stairs from the 
main floor leads down to a garden door. 
Within the garden, a walk sepa¬ 
rates the beds from the hedge, planned 
thus for the purely utilitarian pur¬ 
pose of keeping its roots from robbing 
the flowers. Like the pictured Eliza¬ 
bethan gardens, the beds should be a 
mass of color from earliest spring 
until late fall. 
In spring the hemlock, red maple 
blossoms, tender green of the larch, 
misty yellow of the spice bush, scarlet 
Japanese quince and snowy ame- 
lanchier outside the hedge, bid a fair 
morning to the narcissus, early tulips, 
grape hyacinths and arabis within. 
Shrubs and Flowers 
The procession never halts. Pres¬ 
ently come white lilacs, flowering crab, 
wistaria, the whole splashed by the 
delicate tints of the Darwin tulips. 
Here are iris, columbine, lilac-blue 
Phlox divaricata; Sweet William, fox¬ 
glove and peonies; helenium and light 
blue asters; and last the snowy yellow 
chrysanthemums. 
Across the front of the house dwarf 
evergreens and vines are used spar¬ 
ingly, because, owing to the low foun¬ 
dation, too much planting would ruin 
the effect. The lawn in front is 
framed by an apple tree, two speci¬ 
mens of Cercidiphyllum, white fringe, 
spirea, forsythia and barberry. 
Two buckthorns meet over the ser- 
PLANTING LIST FOR PLAN No. 3 
EVERGREENS. 
INDEX 
1. T8uga, canadensis, American hemlock. 2 plants, 4'—4V>' 
high. 
2. Thuya occidental is, American arborvitas. 3 plants, 3'—3%' 
high. 
3. Taxus cuspidata. upright Japanese yew. 3 plants, 4' apart 
1 72 —2 high. 
4. Taxus cuspidata var. brevifolia, dwarf Japanese yew, speci¬ 
mens. 2 plants, 18" high. 
5. Taxus cuspidata var. hrevifolia, dwarf Japanese yew. 
Hedges 8" apart, 30 plants, 12"—15" high. 
6. Buxus sempervirens, Box edging. 3" apart, 32 0 plants, 
3 —4' high. 
DECIDUOUS TREES 
7. Ulmus americana, American elm. 3 plants, 6'—8' high. 
71. Fagus sylvatica, European beech. 2 plants, 4'— 5' high. 
8. Crataegus oxyacantha rosea plena, double pink hawthorn 3 
plants, 4'—5' high. 
9. Pear: Sheldon, winter; Beurre d’Anjou, autumn. 2 plants 
5 —6 high. 
10. Syringa Japonica. 4' apart, 6 plants, 4'—5' high. 
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DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 
Evonymus Europea. Shrub or small tree, rose-colored fruit 
with red seed. 4 apart, 3 plants, 3'—4' high. 
Lonicera tatarica var. rosea, pink flowered honeysuckle 3 / 
apart, 12 plants, 3'—4' high. 
Spiraea Van Houtteii, Van Houtte's spirea. 3' apart 25 
plants, 3'—4' high. ' 
Forsythia intermedia. Golden bell. 2 plants, 3'—4' high. 
Fothergilia major. Large white flower in May, resembling 
bottle-brush. 1 plant, 2'—3' high 
Exochorda grandiflora, Pearl bush. Dazzling white flowers 
in May. 1 plant, 2'—3' high. 
Philadelphus Lemoinei, hybrid. Dwarf, does well in shade 
2 V 2 apart, 26 plants, 2'—3' high. 
Azalea mollis var. Anthony Roster. Golden yellow good 
with wistaria. 2 plants, \y 2 —2' high. 
Symphoricarpos racemosus, snowberry. 2*4' apart, 5 plants, 
2 —3 high. ' ' 
Kerria Japonica. Orange flowers in summer, green twigs in 
winter. 2% apart, 4 plants, iy 2 ' —2' high. 
Berber is Thunbergii, Japanese barberry as unclipped hedge 
iy 2 apart, 75 plants, 12"—15" high. 
VINES. 
22. Evonymus radicans. climbing evergreen evonymus. 11 
plants, 3 years old. 
23. Lonicera Hal liana. Hall's honeysuckle. 6 plants, 2 years 
old. 
2 4. Schizofragma hydrangeoides, climbing hydrangea. 4 plants, 
2 years old. 
25. Ampelopsis heteeophylla, turquoise berry. 3 plants, 2 years 
old. 
2 6. Ampelopsis Veitchii, Boston ivy. 5 plants, 2 years old. 
2 7. Actinidia arguta, silver vine. 2 plants, 3 years old. 
28. Grapes: Concord, blue; Moore’s Diamond, white. 6 plants, 
2 years old. 
29. Cclastrus scandens, bittersweet. 2 plants, 2 years old. 
30. Wistaria Chinensis, purple wistaria. 2 plants, 4 years old. 
31. Climbing roses, everblooming hybrid teas. (A) Alberic 
Barbier, yellow. 1 plant; (B) Christine Wright, pink, 
1 plant; (C) Mrs. Robert Peary, 2 plants. 4 plants, 4 
years old. 
BULBS (Spring) 
32. Purple crocus. Clumps, all around back of box edge. 2 50 
bulbs. 
33. White crocus. Alternately with purple crocus. 2 50 bulbs. 
34. Early tulips, var. Goldfinch. Pure yellow, all along back of 
crocus. 250 bulbs. 
3 5. Fritillaria imperialis. Crown imperial. Orange yellow. 
Near house terrace. 6 bulbs. 
3 6. Muscari botryoides. Blue grape hyacinth. Increase rapidly 
and do not run out as tulips do. Near house terrace. 
100 bulbs. 
3 7. Narcissus pceticus, Pheasant’s eye narcissus. Partial shade, 
across end of turf panel. 100 bulbs. 
PERENNIALS (Spring) 
38. Dicentra spectabilis. Bleeding heart. 3' apart, 6 plants. 
39. Trollius Japonicus var. Excelsa. Orange globe flower. 12" 
apart, 13 plants. 
4 0. Iris Germanica var. Ivharput. Violet and purple, good with 
wistaria, orange trollius and azalea. 12" apart, 6 plants. 
41. Iris pallida. Large porcelain-blue iris. 12" apart, 105 
plants. 
PERENNIALS (Summer) 
42. Heuchera sanguinca. Coral bells. 12" apart, 20 plants. 
43. Anchusa Italica var. Opal. Alkanet. Large mass of light 
blue. 18" apart, 6 plants. 
4 4. Hemerocallis Thunbergii, late lemon lily. 12" apart, 12 
plants. 
4 5. Papaver orientale. Oriental poppy in hybrid pink varieties 
only. 12" apart, 45 plants. 
4 6. Delphinium hybrids, larkspur. 18" apart, 40 plants. 
4 7. Anthemis tinctoria, yellow daisy. 18" apart, 6 plants. 
4 8. Phlox, lavender and pink varieties. 15" apart, 100 plants. 
Miss Lingard, early white, faint lavender eye, to go 
near larkspur. L’Evenement, early pink, blooms with 
larkspur. Selma, salmon pink, red eye. Pink Beauty, 
cool shell pink. Mme. Paul Dutrie, lilac rose, overlaid 
soft rose. Crepuscule. lavender, deep purple eye. 
Eugene Danzenvillier, lilac, white edges. 
4 9. Gypsopliila paniculata. Infant's breath. Cloudy mass helps 
fill space left vacant by Oriental poppies. 18" apart, 
12 plants. 
PERENNIALS (Autumn) 
50. Lilium speciosum. Pink Japanese lilies, August and 
September. 12" apart, 25 bulbs. 
51. Anemone Japonica, Japanese anemone. White. 12" apart, 
70 plants. 
52. Aster Novce-Anglice rosea. Tall, vivid rose New England 
aster. 18" apart, 12 plants. 
53. Helenium autumnale var. superbum rubrum, bronze sneeze- 
weed. 18" apart, 6 plants. 
54. Helenium autumnale. 18" apart, 12 plants. 
55. Aconitum Wilsoni, monkshood. Tall, intense blue, very 
late. 12" apart, 2 5 plants. 
ROSES—Hybrid Perpetuals, 2'-2y 2 ' apart 
56. Harrison's Yellow. 6 plants, 2' high. 
5 7. Frau Karl Druschki. The finest white. 4 plants, 2 years 
old. 
58. Moss Blanche Moreau, pure white. 4 plants, 2 years old. 
59. Mrs. John Laing, pink. 4 plants, 2 years old. 
60. Ulrich Brunner, red. 4 plants, 2 years old. 
HYBRID TEAS 
61. Gruss an Teplitz, red. 5 plants, 2 years old. 
62. Willowmere, very hardy pink. 5 plants, 2 years old. 
63. Killarney, pink. 5 plants, 2 years old. 
64. Betty, coppery yellow. 5 plants, 2 years old. 
65. Polyantha or dwarf roses. 12" apart, 25 plants. (A) 
White Baby Rambler, 12 plants; (B) Baby Tausend- 
schon, pink, 4 plants; (C) Cecile Brunner, pink and 
white, 4 plants; (D) George Eiger, golden yellow. 
