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nOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
planning for the Home Garden
or Vf. O. 1IUMMBLL,
university ot California.
THE nature of our home sur
roundings plays a vastly greater
.Mt oMw realize or apjircclnto. The
"PiLiiof- homo surrmtudlugs arc
"?iniiir considered ns part and
..reel of the home, and tlio uaturo
JnH character of tlio people living
SiewIM I often be Judged by wbat
,, Veen outside of tlio house.
1 This beautifying ot tho hoine sur-
he Interest of the boys and girls In
he home. Neat and attractive honio
wrroundlngs or which a boy or girl
mar be Justly proud will be a pow
erful factor In tho development of a
contented and happy life. The ques
tion, why the boy leaves tho farm,
mtcht often be answered by pointing
to the slovenly and uutidy homo sur-
rFrom tlio mere standpoint of dol
lars and cents tho home nurrDund
ncs become Important. Nothing will
idd more to Ihe vnluo of tho ontlro
nrooertr than neat, woll-planted and
Jrell-cared-for homo grounds. Every
one would rnthor livo In a homo of
this Mnd "nd ln a community of such
One of the first requisites in beau
tifying homo surroundings is neat
ness Rubbish should bo removed;
bait-dead and dying shrubs and trees
should bo pruned or removed en
tirely. Tences and outbuildings
ihould bo straightened up. repaired
ind painted; gates huug and swung
hronerlr. In other words, n pre
vailing appearance of "a placo for
ercryllilng and everything in Its
place" should bo established nnd
maintained. It will talec a lot or
planting to hide a lack of this cs
tentlal feature.
Another factor to bo constantly
kept In mind Is tho extent of tho
grounds. In the city and suburban
place this Is largely determined by
factors beyond our control, but in
the country the question must be de
termined for every nome.
Not Too Ijrj;e.
It is to be remembered that somo
tloio is necessary properly to care
(or grounds nnd with this in mind
tho busy farmor should uot rnako tho
tomo grounds so largo that they can
not be properly careu tor. ,un mo
other hand, the grounds should not
be so small ns to be out of all pro
portion to their surroundings. Tho
vide spaces and distances In tho
country should bo maintained to a
reasonable extent in tho homo
(rounds. A certain sonso ot propor
tion, together with good Judgment,
should solvo this problem.
The farinhouso should bo com
paratively remoto from tho road, so
that the nolso and dust ot passing
traffic will be avoided, and n de
sired privacy secured. This illstanco
should be at least thrco times tho
height of the house and usually
tnore.
Tho width of tho grouyds will do
pend much upon tho character of tho
house. Usually tho spaco in front
of the house should be nearly, it uot
quite, as wide as it Is deep. In tho
building of now houses these re
quirements muy bo met, and tho es
tablished homes not so Ideally lo
cated may be greatly improved by n
uttie wcu-uirccteu thought nuil la
bor.
"Xftlurul" Style.
The "natural" stylo of landscape
gardening Is unquestionably the fa-
Torito one In this country. Any other
would be entirely out ot place under
ordinary country and suburban
conditions, especially whero tho cost
ot construction and maintenance
must be considered. This means
that tho necessary walks, drives,
fences, etc., should be laid out In as
natural n way ns their usefulness
will permit. Tho planting should
then be grouped in masses along tho
borders and In tho angles In such a
way as to give a natural appearance
to tho grouuds as a wholo.
As a matter of fact, when n house
Ij built, n walk or drlva laid out, or
fence built, naturalness is lost to a
Mftaln extent, but by thoughtful
Planning, artificiality of construction
may bo greatly lessened and to this
extent naturalness bo maintained.
Iatural Hues arc always curved
unes. Straight lines aro unnatural,
nevertheless, homo grounds exist for
wmo utilitarian purpose and mnny
onnatural features must bo Intro
duced and in many cases tho natural
"".of tbe curved linos must be
andoned for the usefulness of the
"night. Walks and drives should
ifid somewhere and Bhould be gently
tuned when possible, but there
should always be some real or ap
parent reason for the curves,
litmus.
Open lawns are always tho founda
tion of any natural laudscapo scene,
largo or small. Tho lawn should
comprise three-fourths or more of
all tlio available space and always
tho Interior or central portions. The
plauting of trees and shrubs should
in a general way be confined to the
boundaries. Tho buildings, walks,
drives and all necessary features
moro or less artificial ln their uaturo
should it possible be to one side or
tho grounds.
I'ciiccs.
ienccs nro necessary evils. Tho
straight line effects should bo broken
up and the fence itself planted out
ns quicKiy as possible. No orna
mental fence, however eiwnslvp.
over added anything to the beautv
of n natural landscape. Hedges of
uaruy pianis, ootu cupped and nat
ural, aro always good and may be
made to cover aud hido the real bar
riers behind, where such is neces
sary to protect from intrusion either
by man or livestock.
A strong and well-built iron or
wire fence or ono made ot stone or
brick can also be mado effective If
Immediately covered with some of
tho hnrdy climbing plants. In any
caHe, the straight line effect of tho
fence should bo broken by groups
and clumiM of shrubbery along Us
course It should bo remembered
that in the country at least it Is not
always necessary to make tho fenco
straight.
Trees.
Under country conditions trees de
serve especial consideration and
should bo freely tibcd not only in the
imracuiatc nome surroundings, but
also in the outlying portions ot the
Turin, a inrmyaru witnout some
largo trees Is very unsatisfactory.
Trees should nearly always be
grouped together because they grow
mat way in nature, ai any rale,
they never grow in tows. Sinelo
specimens will give splendid results
in eomo -exceptional, casen whero
annuo Is especially desired. Trees
should never be planted so densely
and so close to the house as to pre
vent a free circulation ot the air and
tho ingress of sunlight to practically'
all portions of tho house for short
periods during the day.
Slintta.
Shrubs will form the principal
part ot most landscapo planting.
They aro seldom used too much and
are very frequently neglected. These
plants are necessary to the develop
ment of tho natural effects so much
desired.
Nature always fills in the borders
with shrubs aud low-growing trees.
A Judicious arrangement ot shrub
bery will do more to obliterate tin
plonsnnt and unnatural features thau
any amount of other material or
othor work. They may be used in
comparative profusion and variety
becauso they require so much less
room than trees.
A building with Its rectangular
lines rising abruptly out of the lawn
gives a distinct vote ot unnatural
ness. better remedied by a liberal
uso of shrubs than anr other way
Shrubs Irregularly grouped along tho
walls and at tho angles will unng
ln closo harmony the building and
grounds.
In securing these results the climb
ers, clinging to the walls or twining
about tho plllarB of tho porches, be
coming almost a part 01 me nouse,
become most effective aids to tho
shrubs. In this connection It should
bo said that the hardy climbers will
frequently be of great usefulness in
tho outlying borders as well aB upon
tho house.
Flowers.
Flowers of somo kind ar desired
by every one aud a great variety can
bo effectively used In any plautiug.
Too many and too varied colors
should be avoided, however, as the
effects will bo "loud" and 'gaudy.
A boautlful gown is rarely ever made
moro beautiful by the addition ot
many colored bows aud ribbons.
Tho annual flowering plants are
rarely useful or deslrablo in the or
dinary front yard. In the first place,
they rarely receive the care necessary
for tho best results, aud nearly al
ways becomo Incongruous in the
goneral scheme. If especially desired,
they should be conflued to tho sides
or borders.
Such plants aro usually grown for
tho blossoms ratner tuau ior ur,
thing thoy contribute to the general
... n.i tiia nnii Ib cenerally bet
ter served If they nro confined to the
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