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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Typical Plants

CLOSE PLANTING NORMAL DISTANCE Allees-Trees Open Thorns 2 ft.

Pleached 3 3 ft.

THE FOLLOWING IS A TABLE OF DISTANCES AS A GUIDE IN TRANSPLANTING
THE FOLLOWING IS A TABLE OF DISTANCES AS A GUIDE IN TRANSPLANTING

European Cork-barked Maple I ft.

I ft.

Annuals Carpet Bedding Alternanthera 3 in. 6 in.

Design Bedding Snapdragons 6 in. 12 in.

Edgings Alyssum 4 in. 6 in.

Broad-leaved Evergreens Great Laurel 3 ft. 5 ft.

Hybrid Rhododendrons 2 ft. 3½ ft.

Mountain Laurel 2 ft. 3 ft.

Mountain Fetterbush I ft. 2½ ft.

Japanese Azaleas I ft. 2 ft.

PURPOSE

8 ft.
8 ft.
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