The Project Gutenberg eBook, A Woman's Hardy Garden, by Helena Rutherfurd Ely, Illustrated by C. F. Chandler

A WOMAN’S
HARDY GARDEN

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO · DALLAS
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MACMILLAN & CO., Limited
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MELBOURNE
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OF CANADA, Limited
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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 walk[Frontispiece]
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