HOUSE AND GARDEN 
April, 1911 
a few shrubs, how¬ 
ever, which may 
occupy such a posi¬ 
tion as an outside 
corner or the blank 
space of a wall 
where there are no 
window s. The 
deutzia is one of 
these, the varieties 
gracilis, Lemoinei 
and corymbidora 
all being under 
four feet in height. 
These flower suc¬ 
cessfully, so that 
the blooming per¬ 
iod is carried over 
two months. Deut- 
zias will do well in 
shade, which gives 
them additional ad¬ 
vantage as a plant 
for use near the 
house. The Japan¬ 
ese dwarf barberry 
(Berberis Thunbergi ) is also suited to the same sort of location. 
Flowers must be used in great quantities to be pleasing against 
a house; the mixed border is not effective here. And very sturdy, 
strong-growing flowers should be chosen, like Sweet Williams or 
hardy chrysanthemums. The former will blossom the second 
year, from seed sown in the ground where the plants are to re¬ 
main, or the plants themselves may be set out in very early 
spring or, better still, in autumn. Spring transplanting retards 
and diminishes the bloom that year of any summer-blooming 
plant, if it does not eliminate it altogether. 
Sweet Williams seed themselves, besides spreading at the 
ground, and some gardeners recommend preserving only the 
young seedlings each season, thus keeping a fine and vigorous 
stock on hand. Once started — and they start as easily as grass 
seed—there will never be a lack of this dear old flower in any 
garden. Indeed, it is likely to embarass with its abundance—but 
neighbors are usually glad of the surplus. 
Chrysanthemums may be raised from seed, but the plants must 
be purchased for immediate results. As they blossom late in the 
summer, and on until snow and freezing rains actually destroy 
them, they will give a very satisfactory effect the first year if 
planted early in the spring. The transplanting does not interfere 
with their blooming, as summer intervenes and they have a chance 
There are few things that seem to belong so absolutely one to 
another as stone walls and vines 
to settle and grow. 
The false cha¬ 
momile or Boltonia 
is effective against 
the house or used 
anywhere in 
masses, just as 
shrubbery should 
be used. It is in¬ 
deed a very excel¬ 
lent substitute for 
shrubbery, ranging 
in height, in its 
varities, from two 
feet all the way to 
six or seven feet. 
This blooms in 
summer and au¬ 
tumn and will give 
results the first 
year, from early 
spring planting, 
equal to a shrub¬ 
bery border in its 
third summer. By 
using it in quantity before a shrub mass and scattered through it 
as well, this first-year effect is obtained; then when the shrubs 
themselves arrive at a suitable size the plants of Boltonia may 
be massed elsewhere. It is of such strong and vigorous growth, 
however, that it is often planted with shrubbery to furnish late 
summer bloom. The flowers are daisy-like, in white and a laven¬ 
der-pink form, and are produced by the thousand from August 
on. There is also a semi-double variety— Boltonia laevigata. 
Plume poppy ( Vocconia cordata ) is a still heavier and more 
shrubby-growing perennial, which may be used in the same way 
as the Boltonia. This has large, bold foliage and reaches a height 
of six or even eight feet with its blossoms, which are not in the 
least like poppies, but are very tiny and massed in large trusses 
at the ends of the tall flower stems. It grows rapidly and spreads 
by suckering, and one season's growth produces a sturdy plant— 
hence it is an admirable substitute for shrubbery while shrub¬ 
bery is growing, and is permanent as well. 
Clumps of the 
yellow day lilies, 
with the sweet 
breath of old gar¬ 
dens which they 
bring, go a long 
way toward estab¬ 
lishing the n e w . 
Indeed all fragrant 
things seem partic¬ 
ularly adapted to 
do this, and the use 
of them cannot be 
too much encour¬ 
aged. Nothing is 
more easily grown 
than day lilies, and 
they are amiable 
enough to adapt 
themselves to all 
conditions of light 
and shade as well 
as practically every 
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page 288) 
Already the vines have startled to clothe the 
stonework of the lower story and the dor¬ 
mer trellises. Aymar Embury, II, architect 
In the rush for immediate effect do not 
overlook shrubs. The deutzia in three vari¬ 
eties will carry bloom over three months 
Red cedars will contribute an effect of age 
that few things give in almost any soil 
