. Manual of gardening; a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use . and the porch foundation is screened and a border is therebygiven to the lawn. The length of this planting from end toend is about fourteen feet, with a projection towards the fronton the left of ten feet. In the bay at the base of this projectionthe planting is only two feet wide or deep, and from here itgradually swings out to the steps, eight feet wide. The promi-nent large-leaved plant near the steps is a bramble, Rubusodoratus, very common in the neighbo
. Manual of gardening; a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use . and the porch foundation is screened and a border is therebygiven to the lawn. The length of this planting from end toend is about fourteen feet, with a projection towards the fronton the left of ten feet. In the bay at the base of this projectionthe planting is only two feet wide or deep, and from here itgradually swings out to the steps, eight feet wide. The promi-nent large-leaved plant near the steps is a bramble, Rubusodoratus, very common in the neighborhood, and it is a choice 46 MANUAL OF GARDENING plant for decorative planting, when it is kept under plants in this border in front of the porch are all from thewild, and comprise a prickly ash, several plants of two wildosiers or dogwoods, a spice bush, rose, wild sunflowers andasters and golden-rods. The promontory at the left is a moreambitious but less effective mass. It contains an exochorda,a reed, variegated elder, sacaline, variegated dogwood, tansy,and a young tree of wild crab. At the rear of the plantation,. 38. Plan of the planting shown in Fig. 37. next the house, one sees the pear tree. The best single part ofthe planting is the reed (Arundo Donax) overtopping theexochorda. The photograph was taken early in summer, beforethe reed had become conspicuous. A ground plan of this planting is shown in Fig. 38. At A isthe walk and B the steps. An opening at D serves as a main planting, in front of the porch, fourteen feet long,received twelve plants, some of which have now spread intolarge clumps. At 1 is a large bush of osier, Cornus Baileyi,one of the best red-stemmed bushes. At 2 is a mass of Rubusodoratus; at 5 asters and golden-rods; at 3 a clump of wild THE GENERAL PLAN OR THEORY OF THE PLACE 47 sunflowers. The projecting planting on the left comprisesabout ten plants, of which 4 is exochorda, 6 is arundo or reed,at the back of which is a l
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