The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extent : the advantages of suburban homesover city or country homes; the comfort and economy of neighboring improvements; the choice and tre atment of building sites; and the best modes of laying out, planting, and keeping decorated grounds.Illustrated by upwards of two hundred plates and engravings ... With descriptions of the beautiful and hardy trees and shrubs grown in the United States (1870)
Scott, Frank J. (Frank Jesup), 1828-1919 · New York : D. Appleton & Co. · leaf 131
the Cali- fornia privet, L. californica^ are shrubs of larger and more glossy foliage, and probably hardy in most parts of the country. The lilacs, bush honeysuckles, syringas, altheas, weigelias, and some wild roses, may all be grown as hedges with pleasing effect where de- ciduous plants are… … to another, from six to seven feet from the ground, and fixed there to keep the tops apart up to that point. Above the stick, the tops (supposing that they are tall enough to admit of it) are to be bent towards each other until they join, then twisted together, and tied so that they cannot untwist.…
Landscape gardening · Trees · Suburban homes
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