This section is from the book "Practical Landscape Gardening", by Robert B. Cridland. Also available from Amazon: Practical Landscape Gardening.
On this plan, representing a width of 80 ft. by a depth of 200 ft. stand two semi-detached houses.
The entire boundary is arranged in plantations of shrubbery and are of such varieties as will give a sequence of bloom from early Spring until late Fall, followed by a little interest of color in the berry bearing plants, such as the Barberry, Coral Berry, Snowberry and Cotoneaster.
The perennials are placed along the base of the house, and the varieties suggested, while limited, will provide a goodly quantity of cut flowers for table decoration.
The front lawns may be treated as one lawn to advantage by omitting numbers 21 and 29, while the rear, for reasons of privacy, is better enclosed by the shrub borders.
A small vegetable garden is placed at the rear, separated by a hedge, which will also form a background to the plantations in front of it.
Between the rear lawn and the vegetable garden a small arbor is suggested in which seats may be placed at the sides.
Either climbing Roses, Clematis or annual vines should be planted as the decoration for the arbor.
For laundry purposes a movable drier is indicated in the center of the grass plot. This is easily put up and taken down as occasion may require, and is infinitely better than the unsightly posts.
On the scale given below the plan 16 equals 8 ft.; 32 equals 16 ft.; 64 equals 32 ft.
Key No. | Quan | Variety | Common Name |
1. | 3. | Pyracantha coccinea Leland | Evergreen Thorn |
2. | 5. | Abelia grandiflora | Hybrid Abelia |
3. | 3. | Cornus florida rubra | Pink Dogwood |
4. | 3. | Cotoneaster Simonsii | Shiny leaved Cotoneaster |
5. | 3. | Enkianthus japonica | |
6. | 3. | Azalea ledifolium var. leucanthemum | Evergreen White Azalea |
7. | 6. | Mahonia aquifolia | Oregon Grape |
8. | I | Cedrus Deodora | Himalayan Cedar |
9. | 3. | Laurustinus Tinus | |
10. | 3. | Cotoneaster Augustifolia | |
II | 3. | Nandina japonica | Heavenly Bamboo |
12. | 7. | Iris Kaempferi | Japanese Flag |
13. | I | Camellia japonica | Camellia |
14. | 5. | Paeonia Festiva Maxima | White Peony |
I5. | 1. | Spiraea Van Houtei | Van Houtte's Spiraea |
16. | 8. | Phlox G. A. Strohlein | Orange Red Phlox |
17. | 1. | Viburnum tomentosum | Single Japanese Snowball |
18. | 8. | Delphinium hybridum | Larkspur |
19. | I | Amygdalus nana | Flowering Almond |
20. | 8. | Phlox Elizabeth Campbell | Pink Phlox |
21. | I | Deutzia Lemoinei | Lemoine's Deutzia |
22. | 3. | Hydrangea Hortensis (blue) | |
23. | 10. | Chrysanthemum Jardin des Plantes | White Chrysanthemum |
24. | 6. | Thalictrum Dipterocarpum | Meadow Rue |
25. | 6. | Eupatorium coelestinum | Hardy Ageratum |
26. | 9. | Chrysanthemum maximum | Shasta Daisy |
27. | I | Robinia hispida | Moss Locust |
28. | 3. | Abelia grandiflora | Hybrid abelia |
29. | 3. | Mahonia japonica | Japanese Evergreen Barberry |
30. | 3. | Ilex crenata - | Japanese Holly |
31. | 3. | Ilex crenata | Japanese Holly |
32. | 3. | Mahonia aquifolia | Oregon grape |
33. | 3. | Jasminum nudiflorum | Jasmine |
34. | 8. | Bocconia cordata | Plume Poppy |
35. | 4. | Ilex aquifolia | English Holly |
36. | 20. | Abelia grandiflora | Hybrid Abelia |
37. | 2. | Taxus hibernica | Irish Yew |
38. | I | Camellia japonica | Camellia |
39. | I | Ceanothus Gloire de Versailles | |
40. | 6. | Paeonia rubro-plena | Red Peony |
41. | 10. | Phlox Wm. Robinson | Pink Phlox |
42. | 10. | Delphinium hybridum | Larkspur |
43. | I | Spiraea arguta | |
44. | 10. | Iris Kaempferi | Japanese Flag |
45. | I | Berberis purpurea | Purple Barberry |
46. | 10. | Chrysanthemum Henry Sesquier | Violet Rose Chrysanthemum |
47. | I | Forsythia viridissima | Golden Bell |
47½ | 10. | Phlox Elizabeth Campbell | Pink Phlox |
48. | I | Syringa Mme. Lemoine | White Lilac |
49. | 18. | Hypericum calcynum | Aaron's Beard |
50. | 4. | Nandina japonica | Heavenly Bamboo |
51. | 5. | Rhododendron Parsons Gloriosa | Rose Bay |
52. | 7. | Aucuba japonica green | Japanese Laurel |
53. | 4. | Genista juncea | Spanish Broom |
54. | 8. | Hydrangea arborescens grandiflora | Hills of Snow |
55. | I | Cedrus Deodara | Himalayan Cedar |
56. | Quercus coccinea | Scarlet Oak | |
57. | Cornus florida rubra | Pink Dogwood | |
58. | Ulmus americana | American Elm | |
59. | Cedrela sinensis |

 
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