September, 1915 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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flame color is taboo in this garden of 
delight. But oh! the profusion of im¬ 
mense panicles of lovely rose, tender 
salmon pink, and pink and white ringed 
and suffused, as well as clear white filling 
the garden with bloom till late September. 
Then with the Michaelmas daisy and 
hardy chrysanthemum the long procession 
of flowers ends. 
The Naturalistic Arrangement of a 
City Property 
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Between these promontories are shrub¬ 
beries with a background of flowering 
trees like the various magnolias, the native 
thorns, dogwoods and fringe trees, which 
give a succession of spring bloom. The 
cup-shaped magnolia flowers, the abund¬ 
ant clusters of small hawthorn blossoms, 
the large bracts of the dogwood and the 
great, white panicles of the fringe tree; 
each has a striking and distinctive char¬ 
acter. 
The shrubberies of the bays start with 
Lonicera f ragr antis sima, the fragrant 
bush honeysuckle, placed next to the rho¬ 
dodendrons because its almost evergreen 
foliage looks well next to broad-leaved 
evergreens. Its very early blossoms, com¬ 
ing the first week in April, are pleasant 
to have near the house. Next to them is 
placed a mass of peonies. These and the 
hybrid rhododendrons, blooming at the 
same time, make a wonderfully rich dis¬ 
play in June. Near the dogwoods the flat- 
branched, coarsed-leaved Viburnum to- 
mentosum, the single Japanese snowball, 
and the finely divided cut-leaved sumac 
make an effective contrast. Farther on, 
barberries have a value near Pinus mugho 
and dwarf arbor vitae. 
Plants with delicate leafage like the cut¬ 
leaved sumac, or of striking structures 
like the Viburnum tomentosum, plants 
with unusual shapes like the round-headed 
Pinus mugho, or distinctive character like 
the cedars and arbor vitae, have a value in 
varying the appearance of the boundary, 
and in that way prolonging the interest in 
the border. In thus accentuating the char¬ 
acter of individual plants they must not 
be overemphasized at the expense of 
spoiling the continuity and harmony of 
the plantation. 
At the same time it is possible to de¬ 
velop a succession of interesting seasonal 
effects. The border changes in appear¬ 
ance almost every week in a kind of 
magical sequence as flowers appear one 
after another, as foliage develops and 
turns to bright colors, and berries mature. 
And even in the winter every shrub and 
tree has a distinctive character displayed 
in structure, color of branches and fruit. 
Besides, a harmonious blending of de¬ 
ciduous material with evergreen gives 
charming effects to winter lawns. 
The narcissus lawn has a character 
quite distinct from the south lawn. The 
differentiation is obtained through the use 
of other plant material arranged from a 
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