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THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
Novemperr 6, 1905 
bushes, which might be made beautiful by in- 
telligent planting? The passerby on the highway 
can run his eye over the entire estate and in- 
clude in a glance everything sive possibly the 
door at the rear. What privacy is there left in 
such a home? 
Having thought much on the subject, I 
herewith give you the picture in my mind of 
what such a half acre might be. 
_ The plot, we will assume, is rectangular, 
without features of any sort and nearly level. 
“The house faces west, toward the street, and 
stands some fifty feet away from it. To decide 
‘the separation from the street we willcarry a 
hedge of privet across the front and lead a path 
‘directly from the front door to the street. By 
“screen plantings of bushes from the corners of 
the house we will cut off the rest of the place 
from the public eye, which must be content with 
aview of our front yard, and no more—this 
much we concede to the general good. (And 
here I know there are some who will say I am 
‘conceding too much, and should shut the public 
‘out altogether with a high wall. However, walls 
whether good or bad, cost money that we need 
‘for more important things,) 
~ Hither side of my walk I would have a little 
“lawn, and behind it, next the margins, irregular 
enclosing borders of shrubs. Stout, coarse 
“growers are not wanted, or they will soon out- 
grow our space: but there is a wealth of matorial 
~at hand for our purposes. In the corners, where 
“height is needed, might be forsythias, the golden 
glories of the Spring; preferably only Forsythia 
Fortunei and Forsythia suspensea, as_viridis- 
sima is too coarse and Gieboldi differs but little 
“from Fortunei. Of the viburnums we can find 
‘room for plicatum (the Japanese snowball), and 
“opulus, the singla typo, the old bush cranberry 
‘of our grandfathers. The weigelias, especially 
the newer varieties, such as Eva Rathke, may 
find’a place, as also the bush loniceras, tatarica 
~and bella candida, charming for their bright 
“frnits in July, and fragrantissima for its per- 
fumed flowers in early Spring. As lower growers 
‘with these would be the lavish tribe of Rosa- 
cex, Spiracee, Thunbergii or arguta, the bridal 
wreaths, nost lovely of Spring flowering bushes, 
with the more vigorous Spire Van Houtei for 
later bloom; and perhaps, in a pocket in front 
of the border, the dwarf Spires Anthony Wa- 
terer rnd Spirz salicifolia. Rosa rugosa alba and 
Mme. Bruant deserve a place, and if we can get 
it, the new rugosa albarepens. The list of roses 
should include our native Rosa lucida, Mr Daw- 
son’s new lueida alba, Rosi nitida, that hedge 
of thorns, Ros» carolina, the tall swimp rose, 
and Rosa setigera, the wild July blooming ros3 
of the prairies. Ribes sanguinea and aureum, 
the red and yellow currants, Rubus delicosus 
and Exochorda grandiflora, the pearl bush, are 
worthy of places. - 
The old-fashioned Spiraea prunifolia, with its 
wealth of double white flowers, invaluable for 
cutting, will delight you if tucked in behind 
some such spreading flowers, invaluable for cut- 
ting, will delight you if tucked in behind soma 
such sproading grower as the dwarf Ligustrum - 
regelianum privet to soften the effect of its stiff 
habit of growth. The althea, its comp.nion in 
_ old dooryards, should be included, especially the 
red and white varieties, as they occupy little 
Space, and bloom in Midsunmer when fow 
shrubs are in flower. f: 
Of dwarf-spreading bushes’ for the fore- 
grounds of these borders we have Berberis ' 
Thunbergii, Ligustrums regelianum and medium, 
the latter a seldom planted but valuable form of 
ovalifolium, of dwarf growth; and an abundant 
bloomer ; Hydrangeas paniculata grandiflora and 
quercifolia (interesting in its semi-prostrate 
habit, handsome leaves and graceful heads of 
' Spiraeas 
flowers). _A corner, too, may be found for the 
climbing hydrangex, Schizophrazmy hydran- 
geoides, and where it can be traine | over the side 
of the building there are few plants more hand- 
some. 
Then where we wish to bring the shrubby 
down to the grass line without thit hash margin 
common along shrub beds, we have many charm 
ing plants of low stature. Deutzias gracilis and 
Lemoinel, Hypericume auroum, prolificum and 
Moserianum, Xanth rhiza pilfolia, Euonymus 
obovatus, and more. Still further to break up 
the stiffness of the bush forms, a_ plot of bitter- 
sweet, Celastrus scandens, or the Japanese Celas- 
trus articulata, and Lonicera Halleana, is in- 
valuable, rambling over the ground, mounting 
on the nearest bush, every breeze sweeping its 
graceful outstretched tendrils to and fro in the 
air. Inthe grass, near the walk,there is a space 
for a small flowering tree or two, such as the 
double scarlet thorn (Crataegus oxyacantha rubra 
fl. pl.), the single English thorn (C. oxyacantha) 
the white thorn of Milton, the golden shower 
laburnum, the pink dogwood, C, florida rubra, 
or the like. 
For detail in the shrubberies there is an array 
of interesting seldom-grown bushes, for some of 
which we can find space.  ~Styrax japonica, 
Symploccos crataegoides (a hardy bush, bearing 
bottlerush white flowers), Caryopteris masta- 
cantha (the blue spirae of the trade list) Pyrus 
japonica, for its cheerful red blossoms so early 
in the season, Prunus amygdallis, the flowering 
almond, Rhodotypus Kerrioides, for its neat 
habit, clear white flowers and black fruits, and 
Kerria japonica, preferably the old single form, 
as its growth is better and flower. more grace- 
ful. 
Now let me pass from the front dooryard 
through the screen planting, into the wild 
garden, which lies on the south side of the 
house, shut out from the public gaze by these 
screening bushes. It will be simply treated, 
consisting of masses of wild flowers and rock- 
loving plants, through which we pass by a:trail 
that divides into two winding walks. (Che 
grading would be that ofa little vale, the ground 
rising at the sides, forming slopes which are to 
be clothed with the ra nbling, sprawling bushes 
and plants found in the wild spots, such as the 
brambles, Rubus odoratus, incisus anil dumen- 
torum, strusgling down between the taller 
lycium, symphoricarpus and some sambucus. 
The backgrowao would be of such things as Rosa 
multiflora and canina, Cephalanthus occidentalis’ 
. (the cotton bush of our northern swamps, which 
vies with the sembucus and clethra to mike 
glorious the bogs in Midsummer), the seathery 
tamarix, Eleagnus multiflora, Berboris acqui- 
folium, Andromeda speciosa, Fendlera rupicola, 
Robinia hispida, Rosa spinossissima, and many 
others; and on the irregular sloping foreground 
tufted masses of heather, Calluna vulgaris, [beris 
sempervirens aud tenoreana, Daphne cheorum, 
junipers of various kinds, from:the creeping 
postrata and sabina to the upright japonica, 
sinensis, ani virginica, yuccas, Azilea amoena, 
ulraaria,. primata, tomentosa and 
arancus, carpeting the ground iu tho inter 
spaces with Euonymus radiciu, Lithyrus latir- 
folius, the everlasting pea, broken by tufts of 
Armeria maritima, Orobus vernus, Arabis alphina 
Alyssum saxatille, Aquilezia cinidensis, Gi 10- 
theras Youngii, biennis, tha white flowered 
speciost and the aster-like O missourieasis, the 
latter, by tha wiy, a gisat fivoirits of mine, 
op3ning its goldea silvers a3 it dos3 diily for 
moathsat a tim». Here, too, there is spize for 
many Spring-blooming bulos anl such wild 
flowers as tha sanzuinarias, anemones, violas, 
tiarella,; tha Phloxes subulita,. carolina and 
stellata. 
(To be continued.) 
£ 
- trees are ouly just showing for buds. 
_due to the intense cold and wet weather, 
back Paine 
...Hairdresser and Tobacconist... 
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Near Wallmann’s. Adelaide. 
Messrs W. H. Coats and Son report that the 
fruit crop this year is at least three weeks toa 
month late. Apples, for instance, were an inch 
in diameter on November lst, 1904, and were 
severely damaged by a hailstorm; this year the 
This is 
If the 
weather is favorable, the early varieties will be 
late: but the later varieties will ripen in their 
usual season. The strawberries promise well, and 
buyers should get them direct from the 
grower. This firm’s orchard at Ironbank, where 
there are 2U0U fruit trees in bearing, would 
well repay a visit. 
Mr A. Nelson having removed his cycle and 
motor works from Pirie-street to 103) Parade 
Norwood, opposite Baptist Church, wishes to 
intimate to the public that he has up to date 
facilities for the manufacture ,and repairing of 
all makes of cycles on the shortest. possible 
notice, The attention of market gardeners east 
of Adelaide is called to this notice, as they can 
leave their machines at any hour (Mr Nelson 
lives on the. premises), and they can call for 
them when returning home from market, As 
Mr Nelson has gained a large ani varied expe- 
rience during the last sixteeu years that he his 
been in the cycle trada,) we feol justitied in say- 
ing that his work is reliable and his charges 
reasonable. 
Tha m)s3t precious plant food in manure is its 
nitrozaa compounds, bsdause thay are exported or 
carrisd off ths farmin the produ sold in larger 
quintities than either potash or phosphates, and 
bacauss they are also most easily 1o3st from the 
manure of the soil throuzhcrreless management 
ot the manure or the feeding of the crops. It 
costs more to replace than any other plant food, 
