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The American Flower Garden By NELTJE BLANCHAN Planting Lists by LEONARD BARRON ILLUSTRATED WITH ONE HUNDRED FULL-PAGE PHOTOGRAPHS BY NELTJE BLANCHAN: NATURE'S GARDEN HOW TO ATTRACT THE BIRDS BIRDS THAT HUNT AND ARE HUNTED BIRDS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW BIRD NEIGHBORS Original Publishing information: THIS EDITION IS LIMITED TO ONE
THOUSAND AND FIFTY COPIES, OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 694. COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY PUBLISHED, APRIL, 1909 AN ABANDONED STONE QUARRY, TRANSFORMED BY THE SUBTLE ART OF THE GARDENER, WHICH ALMOST DEFIES DETECTION, INTO A NATURALISTIC ROCK GARDEN. TO MY HUSBAND BUT FOR WHOM NONE OF MY BOOKS WOULD EVER HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED
"'What is a garden?' It is man's report of earth at her best. It is earth emancipated from the commonplace. It is man's love of loveliness carried to excess -- man's craving for the ideal grown to a fine lunacy. It is piquant wonderment; culminated beauty that, for all its combination of telling and select items, can still contrive to look natural, debonair, native to its Place." -- JOHN D. SEDDING.
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CONTENTS
I. |
THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN NATURE AND ART |
II. |
SITUATION AND DESIGN |
III. |
THE FORMAL GARDEN |
IV. |
THE OLD-FASHIONED GARDEN |
V. |
THE NATURALISTIC GARDEN |
VI. |
THE WILD GARDEN |
VII. |
THE ROCK GARDEN |
VIII. |
THE WATER GARDEN |
IX. |
TREES |
X. |
SHRUBS |
XI. |
PERENNIALS FOR A THOUGHT-OUT GARDEN |
XII. |
ANNUALS |
XIII. |
BULBS, TUBEROUS PLANTS AND ORNAMENTAL GRASSES |
XIV. |
THE ROSE GARDEN |
XV. |
VINES |
XVI. |
GARDEN FURNITURE |
AN ABANDONED STONE QUARRY, TRANSFORMED BY THE SUBTLE ART OF THE GARDENER (A. Radclyffe Dugmore) |
THE JAPANESE IRIS (A. Radclyffe Dugmore) |
EIGHT MONTHS BEFORE THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN THE SITE WAS THE STEEP SLOPE OF A MOUNTAIN (Barnette, Barnabee Company) |
A COLONY OF NARCISSUS (A. Radclyffe Dugmore) |
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OUTCROPPING ROCKS (A. Radclyffe Dugmore) |
THE CATALPA TREE (A. Radcliffe Dugmore) |
HYBRID RHODODENDRONS NATURALISED ON THE BANKS OF A POND (A. Radclyffe Dugmore) |
COREOPSIS AND LARKSPUR ALONG A GRASSY PATH (A. Radclyffe Dugmore) |
THIS SECTION OF AN OLD AND OVER-LARGE VEGETABLE GARDEN WAS TRANSFORMED INTO A HOME FOR HARDY ROSES (A. Radclyffe Dugmore) |
A SHELTERED PERGOLA UNITING HOUSE AND GARDEN (A. Radclyffe Dugmore) |
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HALF TONE ENGRAVINGS |
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A HAPPY COMBINATION OF NATURE AND ART (Henry Troth) |
TO LENGTHEN DISTANCE AND ADD TO THE APPARENT SIZE OF ONE'S GROUNDS (Henry Troth) |
FOR UNITING A BOUNDARY BELT OF TREES TO A LAWN (Henry Troth) |
NO SINGLE FEATURE SO SUCCESSFULLY UNITES A HOUSE TO THE SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE AS A FINE OLD TREE (Herbert Angell) |
AN EMBELLISHED BUT NATURALLY BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF LAND (J. Horace McFarland) |
THAT IT MAY GIVE THE MOST PLEASURE TO BUSY PEOPLE, THE GARDEN SHOULD BE CONVENIENTLY NEAR THE HOME (Russell Doubleday) |
PRIVACY, SHADE AND A DISTANT PROSPECT WITHIN A RING OF FLOWERS (J. Horace McFarland Company) |
"SOME FLOTSAM AND JETSAM OF BLOOM, LIKE THE SAND-LOVING PORTULACA AND SEA PINKS, EXTEND ALMOST TO THE WAVES" |
A GARDEN OVERLOOKED FROM AN ENTRANCE DRIVE (E. E. Soderholtz) |
A HARDY GARDEN BORDERING A LAWN (J. Horace McFarland Company) |
FOR A HOME OCCUPIED IN SUMMER ONLY (Nathan R. Graves) RESTORED GARDEN IN THE HOUSE OF THE VETTII, POMPEII |
LANDING PLACE FOR PLEASURE BOATS ON THE LAKE IN A RENAISSANCE GARDEN, ROME |
THE POOL, FALCONIERI, REFLECTING CYPRESSES FIVE CENTURIES OLD |
A GARDEN ARRANGED WITH FLOWER-FILLED PARTERRES, AFTER THE ITALIAN METHOD (Henry Troth) |
ONE OF THE BEST MODERN AMERICAN FORMAL GARDENS (J. Horace McFarland Company) |
A CHARMING SMALL, GARDEN INEXPENSIVE TO PLANT AND TO MAINTAIN (Henry Troth) |
THE GARDEN, MOUNT VERNON, SHOWING FRENCH INFLUENCE, PROBABLY LE NOTRE'S (Leet Brothers) |
BOXWOOD HEDGES OVER A CENTURY OLD (Henry Troth) |
A TANGLE OF BEAUTY AND LUXURIANCE (Henry Troth) |
AN UNPRETENTIOUS, HOME-LIKE LITTLE GARDEN (Henry Troth) |
FRAXINELLA, THE FRAGRANT-LEAVED AND RESINOUS GAS PLANT, BELOVED BY OUR GRANDMOTHERS (Dr. R. L. Dickinson) |
THE SPIRIT OF THE COLONIAL HOME AND GARDEN (Nathan R. Graves) |
POET'S NARCISSUS NATURALISED ALONG AN OPEN WOODLAND WALK (J. Horace McFarland) |
STAR-LIKE NARCISSI IN THE WILD GRASS (A. Radclyffe Dugmore) |
SECTION OF THE SAME BIT OF NATURALISTIC PLANTING SHOWN IN THE PRECEDING PICTURE (A. Radclyffe Dugmore) |
TALL, LATE GARDEN TULIPS (Gesneriana) NATURALISED IN A GRASSY BORDER IN FRONT OF SHRUBBERY (J. Horace McFarland) |
TAWNY ORANGE DAY LILIES NATURALISED ALONG A DRIVE (J. Horace McFarland) |
PERMANENT HARDY LILIES AND SHIRLEY POPPIES |
DOUBLE ENGLISH DAISIES DISCARDED FROM FORMAL FLOWER BEDS MAY BE NATURALISED ON THE SUNNY BANK OF A POND (J. Horace McFarland) |
OUR NATIVE BLOODROOT DELIGHTS IN HAVING ITS ROOTS IN A COOL, ROCKY CREVICE (J. Horace McFarland) |
SHEETS OF BLUE FORGET-ME-NOTS SPREAD OVER THE BANKS OF A WILD GARDEN (J. Horace McFarland) |
WAXY WHITE INDIAN PIPES AND CREEPING DALIBARDA (J. Horace McFarland) |
OUR NATIVE SHOWY LADY'S SLIPPER IN MOIST ALLUVIAL SOIL (Willis H. Sargent) |
A GRASSY PATH ON EITHER SIDE OF WHICH COLONIES OF WILD FLOWERS BLOOM (T. E. Marr) |
FERNS AND WOOD ASTERS IN A SHADY PLACE (J. Horace McFarland) |
A SUGGESTIVE ENTRANCE To A ROCK GARDEN (Henry Troth) |
A CARPET OF CREEPING PHLOX (J. Horace McFarland) |
YELLOW, ORANGE, AND WHITE PERENNIAL ICELAND POPPIES (J. Horace McFarland) |
ROCK GARDEN BESIDE A BROOK IN EARLY SPRING (J. Horace McFarland) |
"WATER IN A LANDSCAPE IS AS A MIRROR TO A ROOM -- THE FEATURE THAT DOUBLES AND ENHANCES ALL ITS CHARMS" (T. E. Marr) |
A BROOK MAY BE INDUCED BY A DAM TO OVERFLOW A BIT OF LOW-LYING MEADOW AND BECOME THE PRINCIPAL FACTOR IN A WATER GARDEN (Henry Troth) |
WHAT WATER GARDEN WAS EVER COMPLETE WITHOUT ITS GOLDEN-HEARTED, PASTEL-TINTED WATER-LILIES? (C. J. Hibbard) |
FACING PAGE FLOATING WATER LILIES AND INDIAN LOTUSES (W. H. Hill) |
WHAT WOULD ONE NOT GIVE TO POSSESS SUCH AN OAK – THE VERY EMBODIMENT OF STRENGTH AND NOBILITY? (John T. Withers) |
STRONG MASS PLANTING OF TREES AND SHRUBS ALONG AN ENTRANCE DRIVE (O. C. Simonds) |
AN AVENUE OF WHITE PINES (Partridge) |
GARDEN ENTRANCE THROUGH A DENSE HEDGE OF ARBORVITAE (Thuya Occidentalis) (T. E. Marr) |
HORNBEAM TREES FORMING A PLEACHED ARBOUR |
A TREE PEONY WHICH BLOOMS EARLIER THAN ITS HERBACEOUS RELATIVES (J. Horace McFarland) |
LONGFELLOW'S HOME FRAMED BY WELL-BALANCED PLANTING (W. H. Halliday) |
THE FRAGRANT NATIVE MAGNOLIA OF THE SWAMPS AND WET, OPEN WOODS (Henry Troth) |
"SURE, YE CAN'T SEE THE TREE FUR THE FLOWERS ON IT" (T. E. Marr) |
WHAT SHOULD WE DO WITHOUT SHRUBS? (T. L. Mart) |
A FRINGE OF GRACEFUL DEUTZIAS (Gracilis) |
THE BRIDAL WREATH (C. J. Crandall & Company) |
THE RHODODENDRON IS OUR BEST EVERGREEN SHRUB (J. Horace McFarland) |
A HAPPY COLONY OF THE CHRISTMAS ROSE (HeIIeborus niger) (Nathan R. Graves) |
LUPINES ARE FLOWERS OF THE SWEET-PEA TYPE ARRANGED IN VERY TALL, VERTICAL CLUSTERS (J. Horace McFarland Company) |
WHITE PHLOX, SHELL PINK SINGLE HOLLYHOCKS AND BEE LARK SPUR (Herbert Angell) |
BOLTONIA -- ONE OF THE BEST OF THE ASTER-LIKE PLANTS (J. Horace McFarland Company) |
A PERENNIAL BORDER (Henry Troth) |
HOLLYHOCKS ARE ESPECIALLY EFFECTIVE IN THE FORMAL GARDEN (J. Horace McFarland) |
ASTER BORDER AROUND AN OAK (J. Horace McFarland) |
SINGLE WHITE PETUNIAS IN THE FOREGROUND OF SHRUBBERY (Nathan R. Graves) |
THE TOBACCO PLANT, WHICH LOOKS LIKE A FADED BALL-ROOM BEAUTY BY DAY, SHOULD BE VIEWED FROM A LITTLE DISTANCE (Nathan R. Graves) |
CHEERFUL YELLOW CROCUSES GLITTERING ON A LAWN IN EARLY SPRING (Nathan R. Graves) |
EMPEROR DAFFODILS ALONG AN ENTRANCE DRIVE (A. Radclyffe Dugmore) |
ONE OF THE LOVELIEST AND EASIEST WAYS TO BEAUTIFY A HALF-SHADY KNOLL OR A BIT OF OPEN WOODLAND IS TO PLANT THE STAR-OF-BETHLEHEM (Henry Troth) |
DOUBLE BORDER OF GERMAN IRISES ALONG A GRASSY PATH (T. E. Marr) |
THE GUINEA HEN FLOWER (Nathan R. Graves) |
TALL WHITE LILIES (L. candidum) GROWN IN A CIRCLE OF HARDY FLOWERS (Claude Miller) . |
A LONG ISLAND GARDEN WHERE ROSES ARE GATHERED EVERY DAY FROM MAY UNTIL THANKSGIVING WITH A TIDAL WAVE |
OF BLOOM IN JUNE (Nathan R. Graves) |
MARIE VAN HOUTTE -- A TOO TENDER TEA ROSE FOR SAFE CULTIVATION IN NORTHERN GARDENS (Q. V. Lange) |
FACING PAGE ROSES FOR SHRUBBERY EFFECTS (.J. Horace McFarland Company) 308 PERGOLAS ARE INDEBTED TO THE HARDY, CLEAN, VIGOROUS |
RAMBLER ROSES FOR MUCH OF THEIR CHARM (Henry Troth) |
WISTARIA -- THE VINE OF MANY PURPOSES (T. E. Marr) |
HONEYSUCKLE VINES LIGHTLY TWINED ABOUT THE PILLARS |
THE VINE-CLAD FRONT WALL OF AN OLD STONE HOUSE (Henry Troth) |
WHY SHOULD THE BACK-STOPS OF TENNIS COURTS USUALLY BE BARE AND UNSIGHTLY? |
ROSTRUM OF THE AMPHITHEATRE, ARLINGTON |
ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES IN HAVING A FOUNTAIN NEAR THE HOUSE (Floyd E. Baker) |
THE MARBLE TABLE, ON WHICH THE SUN-DIAL RESTS, IS A COPY OF ONE UNEARTHED AT POMPEII (Gustav Lorey) |
ENTRANCE TO A FORMAL GARDEN ENLIVENED BY A DOUBLE ROW OF HYDRANGEAS (T. E. Mart) |
RUSTIC FURNITURE THAT MAY BE LEFT OUT IN ALL WEATHERS (Rudolf Eickemeyer, Jr.) |
THE FORMALITY OF ARCHITECTURE HERE DEMANDS EXTREME FORMALITY IN THE TREATMENT OF THE GROUNDS IMMEDIATELY ADJOINING IT (Floyd E. Baker) |
AN OUT-OF-DOOR LIVING-ROOM (Henry Troth) |
FOUNTAIN OF BRONZE AND MARBLE DESIGNED BY ELIHU VEDDER |
THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN NATURE AND ART |