6 
TREES, SHRUBS AND PLANTS FOR AMERICAN HOMES 
Plans for Arranging Perennial Flower Beds 
There are three units suggested here which can be used in a great variety of ways. The space available for a per¬ 
ennial garden is practically the only limit to the possibilities of using these. 
The walks between the beds may be of grass, or provided with stepping stones set in the grass, or made up of 
irregular pieces of concrete or flat slabs of building stone, or even brick walks as you prefer. 
Note: The first of each set of numbers is the key number. 
For instance, in 5-2, five is the key number, and two desig¬ 
nates the number of plants to be used there. 
PLAN 1 
Kind of Plant 
Pink Peony 
Red Peony 
Delphinium 
Aquilegia 
Achillea 
Key No. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
Key No. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
Key No. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
Amount 
1 
1 
3 
2 
2 
Amount 
3 
3 
3 
6 
3 
3 
Amount 
6 
3 
4 
3 
2 
4 
4 
2 
PLAN 2 
PLAN 3 
Kind of Plant 
Foxglove 
Arabis 
Garden Pinks 
Shasta Daisy 
Veronica 
Coreopsis 
Achillea 
Lychnis 
Kind of Plant 
Coreopsis 
Campanula 
Phlox “Goliath” 
German Iris 
Gaillardia 
Sweet William 
Making an Outdoor Living Room in the Rear Yard 
A broad open lawn edged with a planting of shrubs and 
perennial plants. The plan may be reversed if garage is on 
the left. The planting can be enlarged or reduced to fit vari¬ 
ous sizes of space available. 
Note: The first of each set of numbers is the key number. 
For instance, in 4-5, four is the key number, and five desig¬ 
nates the number of plants to be used there. 
Key No. 
Amount 
Kind of Plant 
1 
Japanese Barberry Hedge 
2 
4 
Snowberry 
3 
6 
Forsythia Fortunei 
4 
5 
Fragrant Honeysuckle 
5 
5 
Weigela Rosea 
6 
6 
Spirea Callosa Alba 
7 
5 
Spirea Van Houttei 
8 
4 
Rhodotypos 
9 
3 
Butterfly Bush 
10 
1 
Silverleaf Maple 
11 
2 
Anchusa 
12 
2 
Phlox “Goliath” 
13 
2 
Phlox “Mrs. Jenkins” 
14 
3 
Delphinium 
15 
3 
Gypsophila 
16 
8 
German Iris 
17 
3 
Aquilegia 
18 
2 
Veronica 
19 
3 
Achillea 
