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Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar91912newy (find matches)
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic; Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York : Munn and Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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tion" those that require full sunlight have that fact indicated by the word "sunny," and those that require less sunshine by the words "less sunny," though the garden beginner must never expect success with plants that hardly receive the sunlight at all. When planning for Fall planting one must take into consideration the fact that inasmuch as the hardy Per- ennials are to form a garden that will, in all probability, remain un- altered for some years (so far as its essentials are concerned), it will be seen how necessary it is that such gardens be prepared with the great- est care and thought of their future aspect. First of all thorough drain- age must be assured after which manure must be worked into the earth to some depth, preferably three feet. A good way to prepare beds and borders for permanent Golden Glow (Rudbecfyia Laciniata) only to recall the wondrous beauty of the English cottage Perennials is to dig a trench the size of the bed or border gardens that seem to be bursting with their glow of Holly- to the depth of three feet covering the floor of it with a hocks, Larkspurs, Sunflowers and Chrysanthemums, to real- five-inch layer of rubble to assist drainage, and a couple ize how lovely a tiny garden planted with striking flowers of inches of coarse ashes above this, filling up the trench may be. To this article is appended a table showing, in a with the bedding composed of loam, manure and sand, general way the height attained by various flowers suitable This will make an admirable soil for setting out the hardy for Fall planting when these have reached their maturity, plants. Of course the earth of newly-prepared beds and Not one of the plants in this list would be out of place in borders will settle somewhat and will have to be evened the small home garden if properly placed. Under "loca- off later by filling. Where it is not possible to give to the
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Clumps of the lovely Bellflower (Campanula persicifolia) combine well with lawn shrubbery

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