A Woman's Hardy Garden

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Rose Arch and Garden Walk.
From a water-color sketch by George B. Bartholomew.

A WOMAN’S
HARDY GARDEN

BY
HELENA RUTHERFURD ELY

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN
IN THE AUTHOR’S GARDEN
BY
PROFESSOR C. F. CHANDLER

New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., Ltd.
1930

Copyright, 1903,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

All rights reserved—no part of this
book may be reproduced in any form
without permission in writing from
the publisher.

Set up and electrotyped. Published January, 1903.

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BY BERWICK & SMITH CO.

Dedication

TO THE BEST FRIEND OF MY GARDEN,
WHO, WITH HEART AND HANDS,
HAS HELPED TO MAKE IT
WHAT IT IS

PREFACE

This little book is only meant to tell briefly of a few shrubs, hardy perennials, biennials and annuals of simple culture. I send it forth, hoping that my readers may find within its pages some help to plant and make their gardens grow.

Meadowburn Farm
October, 1902

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	Introduction	2
II.	Hardy Gardening and Preparation of the Soil	9
III.	Laying Out a Garden and Borders Around a House	19
IV.	How to Plant a Small Plot	35
V.	The Seed-bed	57
VI.	Planting	65
VII.	Annuals	75
VIII.	Perennials	93
IX.	Biennials and a Few Bedding-out Plants	117
X.	Roses	125
XI.	Lilies	139
XII.	Spring-flowering Bulbs	149
XIII.	Shrubs	159
XIV.	Water, Walks, Lawns, Box-Edgings, Sun-dial and Pergola	171
XV.	Insecticides. Tool-room	189
XVI.	Conclusion	203

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

	Facing Page
Rose arch and garden walkFrontispiece From a water-color sketch made by George D. Bartholomew
Garden gate, with Japanese gourds September twenty-ninth	1
Broad grass walk August twenty-fifth	5
A shady garden walk May thirty-first	12
Asters blooming in a border September fifteenth	16
A clump of Valerian June sixth	19
Rhododendron maximum and Ferns along north side of house, with Ampelopsis Veitchii July fourth	23
Arch over Rose-walk covered with Golden Honeysuckle and Clematis paniculata September fifteenth	26
Rhododendron maximum under a cherry tree July fourth	30
Vase of Delphinium (Perennial Larkspur) June twenty-first	33
Vase of Peonies June sixth	39
Lilium speciosum rubrum September fifteenth	42
Vase of Altheas September sixteenth	48
Planting on the edge of lawn August second	51
Asters in rows for picking August twenty-fifth	55
Foxgloves—seedlings ready for final transplanting September twenty-ninth	58
Long grass walk, with Narcissus Poeticus blooming in the border April twenty-sixth	62
Long grass walk, with Peonies in the border June sixth	65
Long grass walk, with Foxgloves blossoming in the border June thirteenth	67
Long grass walk, with Hydrangeas; Rudbeckias in background August twenty-fifth	78
A single plant of Asters September tenth	80
Poppies growing in rows July fourteenth	83
A bowl of Cosmos September twenty-ninth	87
A mass of Phlox; Rudbeckias in the background August second	90
Hollyhocks in blossom July twelfth	94
A single plant of Delphinium (Perennial Larkspur) June twenty-first	97
Yuccas in blossom July twelfth	103
Bed of Peonies, on edge of lawn June sixth	106
A single plant of Phlox August twenty-fifth	112
Vase of Canterbury Bells June twenty-first	115
A single plant of Foxgloves, White Sweet William in front June thirteenth	119
Vase of Foxgloves June fourteenth	122
Summer-house covered with Clematis and Crimson Rambler Roses June twenty-first	126
Rose bed carpeted with Pansies June twenty-first	129
Canterbury Bells blooming in a border June twenty-first	133
Lilium auratum growing behind Peonies and Columbines that bloomed earlier August tenth	140
Vase of Lilium auratum August second	144
Vase of Lilium speciosum album and rubrum September sixth	147
Garden arch, covered with Japanese Gourds August twenty-seventh	151
Vase of Phlox; single blossoms actual size August second	154
SpirÆa Van Houttei May thirty-first	158
Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora August twenty-sixth	161
Vase of Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora September tenth	165
Vase of double Hardy Sunflowers (Helianthus multiflorus plenus) September fifteenth	172
Vase of Monkshood September thirtieth	176
Sun-dial in center of formal garden August second	179
The Pergola (first summer) August twenty-fifth	190
Tritoma (Red-Hot Poker Plant) September twenty-eighth	197
Bringing in the flowers September sixth	204

Garden gate, with Japanese gourds
September twenty-ninth

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E-text prepared by David Garcia, Brian Wilcox, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images obtained from an unkown source

A WOMAN’S HARDY GARDEN

E-text prepared by David Garcia, Brian Wilcox,
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
(http://www.pgdp.net)
from page images obtained from an unkown source

A WOMAN’S
HARDY GARDEN