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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Wooded Areas (Most of the plants contained)

Most of the plants contained in this list can be collected from the fields and woods. The larger plants are valuable as background for wild garden planting and for undergrowth planting in wooded areas. For information supplementing this refer to Chapter XXIX-C. A. Shrubs and Small Trees:

Abies balsamea Balsam Fir Acer saccharum Sugar Maple Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry Aronia arbutifolia Red Chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa Black Chokeberry Benzoin aestivale Spice Bush Calycanthus floridus Strawberry Shrub Carpinus caroliniana American Hornbeam Ceanothus americanus New Jersey Tea Clethra alnifolia Sweet Pepper Bush Cornus alternifolia Alternate-leaved Dogwood Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood Hamamelis virginiana Witch Hazel Hydrangea arborescens Wild Hydrangea Ilex verticillata Winterberry Leucothoe catesbaei Catesby's Andromeda

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