Title: American gardening
Identifier: americangardeni131892newy (find matches)
Year: 1892 (1890s)
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Subjects: Gardening; Horticulture
Publisher: New York : Rural Pub. Co
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TASTE AND TACT IN ARRANGING HOME AND OTHER GROUNDS. 327 varieties have different habits which it is well to know. I have found the light-colored sorts to be nearly all tall growers. R. album c/cffaiis is an exceptionally tall- growing sort, yet it does not become lanky unless badly treated. A', roseum eleffa)is is of rather dwarf habit Some plants that may be used with good effect among masses of rhododendrons are Acer folymorpluim xitn- guincum, Spircca Van Houttei, S. lanccolata. Thuja occidcntalis atirea, Retinospora sgtiarrosa, R. plu- mosa aiirca, R. fiUffra, R. obtusa nana and R. ericoidcs. These plants may be used as a background for large masses of rhododendrons, the tallest sizes of the latter being planted next to them. Each variety and species should be planted so as to retain its own indi- viduality, and yet all should so mingle and blend as to form a harmonious group. Most writers advise planting rhododendrons in partial shade, but my experience has led me to believe that if the rhododendron is properly planted at first, well cared for during the growing season and protected from cold north winds during winter, it is better to. give it the full benefit of sunlight. In May, 1888, I planted three hundred plants of rhododendrons for P. I.orillard, sr., at his resi- dence. Tuxedo Park, N. Y. They included the follow- ing varieties : Rhododendron album < li\i;(tns, A\ Rvcr- estianum, Charles Dickens, R. Blanchian 11 m, A', album grandiflorum, R. purpurcuin clcg 'LANTING SMALL FARMS. I HE subject of our present article is a reader's farm of 21 acres, situated in one of the hilly counties of southwestern N e w York. It occupies a pos- ition near the top of a large hill, at an altitude of 400 feet above Lake Erie, w h i c h body of water is in sight from one part of the grounds. The farm is an excellent one for treatment in this serial for several reasons It is considerably larger in area than most of our subjects have been, and affords an opportunity for showing how a small farm—and many of our readers are interested in small farms—may be given fine landscape effects, without impairing its utility or
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spending a great amount of money. "Outside appro- priation" may be made a prime factor in the treatment of this farm, and it is one too often overlooked by orna- mental planters. By outside appropriation is meant the adaptation of the planting within one's own domain to outside sur- roundings and distant views, so that they shall contribute to its beauty and seem to form a part of it. This makes the home seem the center of the vicinity in which it is located, and well-directed planting may seemingly am- plify the grounds, include all beautiful views and shut out al! unpleasant ones. The plans and sketches given for treatment of the farm which forms our present subject are based upon a careful study of the place, and were made in part upon the grounds while the writer was visiting there. The main features of the place, as considered from a land- scape-gardening point of view, may be understood by a

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