The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-15

fence may be Of iron or wooden pickets,
three or four feet high or more or of
the best class Of wire fences. The vines
suggested are. the more profuse growers
as the clematis, the wild grape and the
Virginia creper, the climatis being in
the most conspicuous place.
In order to separate the backyard
from the street and enhance the sense
OF seclusion, shrubbery is placed at the
end of the fence to the north, so that
one looking from the street toward the
rear sees this group of shrubbery. 1t
also gives an excuse for the walk and
turn at right angles in the way it does,
for it is generally rule with walks
that when turn is made there should
seen! TO be ample practical excuse for
e ebera see INNS sgs sGup as well as the
such is not really the case. The back
three mock oranges, placed fairly
widely apart. Skirting these are much
smaller plants almost smuggling nnder
the branches of the larger. These are
Indian currant and the dwarf pine, the
latter used because of its interest in
winter and because, being stronger and
more vigorous in appearance, it seems
better suited to demand a turn in the
walk.
This matter of winter appearance de-
serves much study from Minneapolitans,
because of the long winter season and
is to be accomplished by evergreens and
by more architectural decoration of
yards studied from the landscape archi-
tect's point of view. In addition to
these plants, because every plant and
every inch Of ground is conspicuous. the
ground Of all the beds may be covered
with periwinkle' underneath the shrubs.
=. On the south side of the yard is a
clothes stick. In connection with it
seems the proper place for another
group tying it in appearance to the
fence and making the general effect of
the yard more homogeneous. This group,
like the other, is not really crowded,
for at the center is cedar for winter
effect and about it three spirea Van
Houttei. Nesting against these are
dwarf spirea and Indian currant.
/ At the southeast corner of the house
is another group tied to and enforcing
| the corner. The mainstay of the group
! is a single spirea Van Houttei, about
which are dwarf spireas, Indian: cur
| rants and more dwarf pines for winter
| effect. =:
| The group against the rear fence is
closely planted with high plants to
make a thick and heavy barrier. Stand
ing on the walk, you look at the side
planting sideways SO that it doesn t
need to be so heavy. With the back
group you are looking at it directly.
This is composed of plants which natur.
ally make good free !nnpruned hedge,
| namely the common lilacs, both white
and colored. The comparatively straight
| line is broken at the center by speci-
mems of white and colored Persian
lilacs. The south end is given variety
| by the use Of the SNOWFALL and a smoke
! tree. The north end by Tartarian
| honeysuckles, all strong plants. A very
few dwarf pines are added here, and
small interstices in the liacs filed
with the small Indian currant. If one
wishes to enjoy herbaceous perennials,
there is an opportunity to put them in
| the bays between the Persian lilacs
and the corners, or they can be omitted,
the space being put into lawn. If one
wishes to reserve a small space for
vegetables, it can be taken against the
south fence between the groups. the
herbaceous perennials being put in front
| instead of against the lilacs.
| Between the walk and the house is
space that does not count for much
as it is. Its dark corner can be filled
with ferns and where it is lighter can
| be planted ANNALS. There is little
room for trees. [ have suggested an
elm against the north fence and a
crabapple for its flowers and ornamental
fruit in the southeast corner.
"A. Phelps ,Wyman.