St. Helens mist., March 26, 1915, HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION, Page 5, Image 11

TOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION'
planning for the Home Garden
UV W. O. lIlIMMEtJ., ,
1'nlversliy of California.
THIi tiMtiiro ut our bonio aiir
nwncllnga pl) vastly greater
part lu r dally welfare Ihun
moat o' rwl'w or appreciate. Tim
Iniinwlli'l home aurruumlliiga are
BnroBwInimly considered as part and
tared of 'h no"u' anJ nature
lad character of tho people livlng
there till often 1,6 J"lKd by what
u ioou outMliK) (if tho house.
Till) boautlfylug of llio liumo mir
rounding Ih also worth ronulili-rltiK
l0il the standpoint of kec;ilng up
the Interest of the boy and glrlx Id
the home Neat mid attractive noma
inrrouudlriKH of which a boy or girl
may be Justly proud will be n pow
erful factor In tho development of a
conic"'1''1 and happy life. The quoa
tlon, why the boy leave (hn fnrni,
oi let often be answered by pointing
to llie elov'U !' and untidy homo sur
rounding. Kruni the more ataudpolnt of dol
Inrt and rents I ho houiii Kt'riuunil-
qki become Iniportant. Nothing will
add more to thu value of tho mtlru
property t'""1 n,"u, well-planted and
well-rarcd-for homo grounds. ICvery
Cne would rather live lit a lioniu of
tlili kind and In a ruimnuiilly of alien
home.
One of the flint requisites In bean-
tlfyltiK lioioo surroundings In neiit
timta. Ruliblhh should be removed:
balt-drud mid dying ahrubH and tree
should Im pruned or removed en
tirely. 1'encen and outbuilding
should l atralghtened up, repaired
and painted; gate hung and swung
priipcrly. In other wordH, a pre
till llrnt iipix'urance of "a plum for
raryililiig and everything In Its
place should be cataullHlied and
maintain'". It will lake a lot of
planting to hide u lack of thU es
sential feature.
Another factor to be rousluntty
kept in mlud Is the extent of the
ground. In the city and uburban
place tltls Ih largely determined by
factora beyond our control, but Id
the country the q next Ion must bo de
termined for every home,
Not Too Irge,
It la to be remembered thai aomo
time la necessary properly to rare
for grounds and with thl In mind
the luy lurmer ahould not make the
bom ground m large that they can
not be properly cared for. On the
other blind, the ground ahould not
be 10 mm 1 1 aa to be out of all pro
portion to their aurroundluga. The
wide innce and dlKtaucea In the
country should be maiutained to a
reasonable extent In the home
ground. A certain seuso of propor
tion, together with good judgment,
Ihould aolve (lila problem.
The (uruh(iine ahould bo com
paratively remote from the rond, ao
that the nolxe and ditnt of panning
traffic alii be avoided, and a de
aired privacy secured. ThU distance
Ihould be at least three time the
bright ot lite houxe and usually
more.
The Id ih of the grounds will de
pend Dutch upon thp character of the
house, funnily the apace In front
of the limine Mhould tie nearly, If not
quite, an wide an It Ih deep. In the
building of new hoiiHoa these re
quirement limy be met, and the ra
talilUhed houiea not so Ideally lo
cated ntay bo greatly Improved bv a
little well-dhected tbought und In
lr. "Natural" Htjrle,
The ''natural" atylo of Inndiirape
JirdcnliiK is unquestionably the fa
lorlte one In thin country. Any other
wonld be entirely out of place under
ordinary country and auburhun
coduIIIoiik, eHpeclalty where tho cott
'of construction and maintenance
mint be considered. Thin nieana
that tho necessary walka, drive,
fences, etc., should be laid out In aa
natural a way aa their usefulness
till permit. Tho iiluiitlii ahnnlil
then be grouped In masses along the
"bordera and In the nngen In auch a
y a to give a natural appearance
to the ground aa a whole.
Ai a mutter of fact, when a bonne
u built, a alk or drive laid out. or
a itnce built, naturalness la lost to a
certain extent, but by ttioughtrul
Planning, nrtiricliilltv of conMlrmllnn
be greatly lessened and to this
iu naturalness bo maintained.
Natural lines are alwaya curved
oe. Btrulrsht line are unnatural,
werlueleim, homo ground exist for
Utilitarian purpoeo tind many
nnnatnrni feature must bo Intro
OUCCd and in iiinnv fauna Ih. MinnL
besi of ,, rilrvej m,H nUBt bp
juandoned for the UHefulneaa of the
aiKiit. Walk and tlrlveg ahould
eaa some here mwl
Wrvcd whea poHBlblo, but there
ulionlrl ala be some real or uD.
purent reaaon tor the eiirvea.
Opcu lawn are alwaya tho foundu
Uou of any natural lundacupo acene
large or amall. The luwn .),. i
comprlMo three-fourlha or more of
?h f ttv"ttble ",,ncc "1 lwy
...w ...v. , ,, r .puuai portionn. The
Planting ot trcea and ahruba ahould
li a gouerul way be couflncd to the
boundurlea. Tho bulldluga. walka,
drive and all neceiuiary feuturea
more or leu urtlflcinl In ih.-ii.
ahould If poHalble be to one aide of
.we giououa,
Kencea.
Fence are necenaary evlla. The
airalKhl lino effect ahould bo broken
up and the feme Itnelf plnntod out
aa oulrkly Uh poaallile. N orriIl.
menial fence, however expensive,
ever added anything to the beauty
of n natural Inndxcupe. Hedges of
hardy pliinln, both clipped und uat
uial. are alwaya good and mar be
made to rover mid bide tho real bnr
rlera behind, where auch la neeea
amy to protect from Intrualon either
by limn or llveittock.
A atrong and. well-built Iron or
lre fence or one inude of atone or
brick ran alao bo made etfectlvi. If
immediately covered with some of
the burdy illmbiug planta. In any
caae, the atrnlght line effect ot the
fence xbould be brokeu by groups
and rliiiniia ot ahrubbery along Ita
con rao. a aiiould be remembered
that In the country at leaat It la not
alwaya neccaxary to make the fence
atralght.
Treea.
Vnder ronnlry rnndltlona treea de
serve eaitecial coiialderatlon and
ahould be freely liked not only la the
Immediate home aurroundluga, but
alao lu the outlying portions of the
farm. A fuiiuyurd without aorae
largo Ireea U very uuKatlafuctorr.
Treea should nearly alwaya bo
grouped together because they grow
that way la nature. At any rate,
they never grow In rows. Sluglc
apeclmeiik will give hptendld reauii
in aome exceptional case where
hade a especially d (ml red. Trees
should never be planted ao denacly
anti ho close to the Iioubo aa to pre
vent a tiee circulation of the air and
the Ingres of sunlight to practically
all portion of the house for abort
periods during the day.
hlinitM.
Hbruba will form the principal
part of tuoHt landscape planting
They are seldom used too much and
are very frequently neglected. These
planta are ncceary to the develop
ment ot the natural effects ao much
deatred.
Nature ulU)s fills In the borders
with Hhrubs and low-growing trees
A jiidlclotiH arrangement of shrub
bery will do mure to obliterate un
pleasant und uuoaturaf featurea than
any amount of other material or
other work. They may be uaed Id
comparative profusion and variety
because they require so much less
room than trees.
A building with Ita rectangular
tines rising abruptly out ot the lawn
given a dlxllnrt note ot unnaturul
ntx, better remedied by n liberal
use of tihriiba than any other way.
HhrubH Irregularly grouped" along the
walla and at the angles will bring
lu cloxo harmony the building and
grounds.
In aeciirlng these results the climb
er, clinging to the walla or twining
about the pillars of the porches, be
coming aliuoul a pnrt of tho house,
become most effective aids to the
ahrubH. In. this, connection it should
be said that the hardy cllmbera will
frequently be of great unefulnesa In
the outlying burden as well as upon
the bouse,
flower.
Flowera of some kind are desired
by every one and a great variety can
ho effectively used In any planting.
Too many uud too varied colors
should be avoided, however, as the
effecla will be "loud" and "gaudy.1
A beautiful gown Is rarely ever mnde
more beautiful by the addition of
mtmy colored boas and ribbons.
The annual flowering planta are
rarely useful or desirable lu the or
dinary front yard. In the first plnce,
they rarely receive the care necessary
for the best results, and nearly al
ways become Incongruous In the
general scheme. If especially desired,
they ahould bu confined to tho aides
or borders.
Such plunt are usually grown for
the blossoms rather than for any
thing they contribute to the general
effect, and this end ia generally bet
ter served If they are confined to the
kitchen garden or some area by them
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