20 
House & Garden 
The whiter gar¬ 
dening possibili¬ 
ties of this city 
yard have been 
recognized. 
Cedars and rho¬ 
dodendrons are 
effectively used 
behind neat bor¬ 
ders of clipped 
privet 
Granted the desire to relieve that re¬ 
stricted area in the rear of a city house of its 
barren unattractiveness, the solution lies largely 
in the use of tubbed evergreens, with perhaps 
one of the more hardy varieties of English ivy 
trained up a brick dividing wall. Almost all 
of the smaller specimens of hardy evergreen , 
are adapted to this sort of planting, so that 
there is no necessity for unpleasant monotony. 
Firs, pines, hemlocks and arborvitaes will 
prove the most generally satisfactory. Prop¬ 
erly arranged in ornamental tubs, whose de¬ 
sign must of course be in harmony with the 
surroundings, their varied greens prove far 
more than worth the trouble of securing them. 
Though as far as trouble is concerned, several 
of the big nurseries have recognized the de¬ 
mand for such small trees and are supplying 
them through the regular trade channels. 
Window Ledge Plantings 
Less pretentious than these back-yard plant¬ 
ings, but possessing great possibilities never¬ 
theless, is the city house window ledge. Here, 
in boxes of concrete or artificial stone made to 
match the materials of the house wall and har- 
Iiartins 
A glassed in garden of 
unusual success. Vines 
are used for their con¬ 
trast with the rough 
pointed brick and 
potted geraniums lend 
color to the foreground 
supplied by the red fruits of barberry, the 
orange of bittersweet, and the scarlet haws of 
certain roses. Think, too, of the wonderful 
delicacy of gray beech twigs against an azure 
sky, and of the silvery plumes of pampas 
grass feathered with hoar-frost. A weather- 
bleached, drooping grass blade, pivoting in 
the wind on its parent stem, traces lines on 
the new snow whose 
appeal to the fancy no 
rose or summer lily 
can surpass. 
Other Forms of Winter 
Gardens 
The garden for win¬ 
ter effect can be 
readily converted 
into an equally 
pleasing summer one 
by the addition of 
ferns, spirea and 
other tender potted 
plants 
Of such is the really 
outdoor garden of 
winter effects, but 
there are other types 
of planting for cold 
weather pleasure 
which should not be 
overlooked. Often 
conditions are such as 
to put quite out of the 
question features such 
as I have suggested. 
Consider the city 
back-yard, for exam¬ 
ple. Here we have all 
the adverse conditions 
of bitter weather with¬ 
out the inspiration of 
surroundings which 
winter in the country 
provides. Whatever 
beauty there is to be 
we must create out of 
our own vision and 
resourcefulness. 
JolmsHm 
