These were planted on the sloping bank of the terrace, from E to D. The terrace has an incline, or width, of about three feet. Figure 45 shows this terrace after the planting was completed, looking from the point C.
Shrubs of medium size, suitable for side plantings and groups in the foregoing example
- 3 Barberries, Berberis Thunbergii.
- 3 Osier dogwoods, variegated.
- 2 Japanese quinces, Cydonia Japonica and C. Maulei.
- 4 Tall deutzias.
- 1 Variegated elder.
- 7 Weigelas, assorted colors.
- 1 Rhodotypos.
- 9 Spireas of medium growth, assorted.
- 1 Rubus odoratus.
- 1 Lonicera fragrantissima.
Most of these shrubs were planted in a border two feet wide, extending from B to C D, the planting beginning about ten feet back from the street. Some of them were placed on the terrace at the left, extending from E one-fourth of the distance to A. The plants were set about two feet apart. A strong clump was placed at N to screen the back yard. In this back yard a few small fruit trees and a strawberry bed were planted.
Low informal shrubs for front of porch and banking against house
- 3 Deutzia gracilis.
- 6 Kerrias, green and variegated.
- 3 Daphne Mezereum.
- 3 Lonicera Halliana.
- 3 Rubus phœnicolasius.
- 3 Symphoricarpus vulgaris.
- 4 Mahonias.
- 1 Ribes aureum.
- 1 Ribes sanguineum.
- 1 Rubus cratægifolius.
- 1 Rubus fruticosus var. laciniatus.
These bushes were planted against the front of the house (a porch on a high foundation extends to the right from O), from the walk around to P, and a few of them were placed at the rear of the house.
Specimen shrubs for mere ornament, for this place