
1—Clethra alnifolia. 2—Stewartia. 3—Azalea viscosa. 
4—Rhododendron catawbiense. 5—Leucothoe. 

As to Maintenance: 
Weeding can be avoided if all the ground is used for 
plants leaving little room for weeds. Use weed-free grass 
seed (see page 38). Use no fresh manure, as it contains 
_weed seeds. Keep soil covered with a loose mulch, which 
_ makes weed-pulling easy. This mulch also removes the need 
_for constant watering—result, the roots have to dig down 
_to get moisture and the plant is hardier and healthier. 
_ (Never water the Lazy Man’s garden except in emergency 
and then soak the ground for hours.) The mulch also 
makes cultivation unnecessary. It can be put on fresh each 
spring if need be and fertilizer, or powdered manure, mixed 
_ with it. As to Spraying—don’t do it; not in this garden, 
at least. First, the plants listed don’t need it, second, why 
poison the birds? Let them catch your insects for you. 
More details on page 38. 
_A Word of Caution: 
This brief hint is not intended to describe how all gar- 
dens should be made. It is merely how a garden can be 
made with the least effort. Owners of modest, but rather 
large, summer places; owners of camps, of wood-land, 
meadow land, abandoned farms; all can find here some help 
in having beauty without too much work or expense. _Lit- 
erally hundreds such have called in or written to us in the 
_ past few years with such problems and this modest study is 
their answer. The table appended is not perfect but the 
best that can be done until the science of ecology becomes 
more complete and exact. (We welcome criticism.) But it 
is possible to have with little expense and labor a beautiful 
garden (this page) yielding substantial profits (page 29) in 
which grow handsome flowers (page 23) and the whole kept 
free from insects by birds (page 38). We thought the idea 
worth at least calling to your attention. 
Nursery Serwice 
