The Complete Garden

A landscape architect's working manual of 1921: not how to grow a plant but where to put it — the plant lists, the groupings, the seasons of bloom, and the reasons behind a designed garden.

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FLOWER AVERAGE HEIGHT * 。 elegans aluta- May C Apricot 9 inches ceum * bulbiferum June C Crimson I foot * * elegans Alice Wilson June C Lemon yellow I ft. elegans aurora June C Orange, suffused with red * elegans incomparabile June Rich crimson red spotted with black I ft. 。 elegans vanhouttei June Crimson I ft.

PLATE XL. In solving the difficult planting problems on exposed lake-fronts and river-fronts there is no plant, in the limited list of adaptable types, to excel the beach-plum. (See page 187, group XXV-B) PLATE XLI. The problem of developing desirable undergrowth plantings in wooded areas requires much study of plants as nature places them. The rhododendron, except in exposed locations, is "happy" in woodland areas where soil conditions meet the root requirements. (See page 196)

TABLE OF LILIES
TABLE OF LILIES
Colour Of — from The Complete Garden (1921)
Colour Of — from The Complete Garden (1921)
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