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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1929)
PAGE FIVE en Lomond Home Mas Air of Distinction as One Enters The OREGON STATESMAN, Salens Proton, Sunday Morning. Jane 23, 1929 Even Back Yard Must be Carefully Planned When ' One Desires Proper Home An attraetire back yard is not an easy thins to plan effectively j because there are so many things to take into consideration. The average lot SO by ISO is not large when we consider all the various parts into which it must bo di-' Tided. With the ordinary house placed back from the street, as is the usual practice, there is left in the rear yard a depth of about one hundred feet. This is the space we are planning here. Many wise home' w owners in their planning space the porch at the rear of the house where it may have privacy and In a way be a part of the yard, making of the whole an outdoor living room. This is the ideal arrangement, but even in this we must plan our yard that It, too, may be private. This means that there must be a fence to keep the. thoughtless from intruding. The fen$e, which is not apt to be artistic in itself, should be "screened by shrubs and Tines. Too, there should be suf ficient shrubbery screens to pro vide backgrounds for the flow ers and divide the various parts of .the yard. Wide Lawn Space Needed In all planning there should be as large an open lawn space as it is possble to have. This is desir able from many standpoints. It provides a place for play and a place to entertain one's friends, and it is a sort of a foil for the flowers, setting them off In all their glory. The lawn area should not be broken up by planting iso lated shrubs or plants promiscu ously upon it. In fact, everything planted in our gardens should have a definite reason for being placed where it is. Consider the various parts of the garden and their uses. First, there Is the open lawn. Surround ing the lawn is the screen or hedge of shrubs. This hedge also acts as a background for the flow ers borders. They also are slight ly separated from the rest of the yard by groups of shrubs. This, division may be moved to provide a larger or smaller flower space. To the rear of the lot in our plan is a space that may be devel oped into what might be called a specialized garden. A formal gar den or a rose garden should be planted here. Or, if the hobby of the' owner runs to some of the special flowers like peonies, dahli as, iris or gladiolus, this ppace could be devoted to them. It Is en tirely screened from the rest of the yard and may be planted at a later time. At one side Is a space for dry ing clothes, well hidden from the rest of the place. Back of this is space hat may be used for a Teg etable garden or playground for tne children. In one corner of this space there is provision for a eon post heap. Thi5 important adjunct to successful smrdc nins shcnhi '- j provided for In every plan. It should be in an out-of-the-way place where it cannot be seen. In selecting the 'varieties of shrubs that you will plant for the screens and backgrounds, you had better consult your local nursery man. Conditions, of course, differ in various sections of the coun try. It i always best to select shrubs whose roots fo down deep rather than those that spread out near the surface. Climbing roses may be grown to good advantage upon the fence around the rear garden. This will be most effective if this space is used as a rose garden. The entire garden would not need to be used for roses. The beds around the outer edges might be used for a cut flower garden. One seldom wishes to cut much bloom from the borders in the main part of the garden. One of the important consider ations in building our garden Is its furnishings. These should be selected with as much care as you womd use In decorating your liv ing room. Their placing iB Tery important'. Be sure that each piece has a good reason for Its location. The arbor at the rear of the lawn area is put in a natural location in which it will blend with the hedge and will "fit." In the cen ter of the rose garden there may be placed a bird bath, sundial or gazing globe. Any of them will be effective. At the extreme ends of the path across the rose garden are two seats. Surrounded by flowers and backed up by masses of climbing roses they will look unusually well. The plan shows a slightly curv ed bench in the main lawn area, backed up by a mass of shrubs. This is a natural location for Just such a bench. It is long and low, making an attractive resting place where one may get a good view of the entire garden across a wide expanse of lawn This plan might be changed to include many more flowers. They could occupy a bed all along the side across from the long seat and even might be added to that side It is best not to plan for too many flowers unless one has a great deal of time to devote to them. Better have a few flowers well cared for than many and have to neglect some of them. Our gardens should be so planned that they will not be a burden to us. Too, they should always nave room to expand, HOUSE OFE3T THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE WEEK DAY AND EVEMNG9 To afford just as many peo ple as possible the opportunity of seeing the features,-Interior and exterior, of the Ben Lo mond Park Home, the house will be open throughout every day throughout the week. The bouse wlU bo open to inspec tion, also, each evening of the week. Special hostesses will be provided to take the guests through the home. ELECTRIC 'COLD' S M MB In the cold, dry temperature of the electric refrigerator, extreme ly perishable foods will remain fresh and fit for use an unusu ally long time. It is easy to see how this meth od of food preservation eliminates the need for dally shopping and saves money in cutting down the food spoilage to the minimum. The General Electric refriger ator, revolutionary type of refrig erator, manufactured and guar anteed by the General Electric company, has met with exception al favor, due to it simplicity, freedom from drains, pipes or fans and to the faet that It la extremely portable. "These features," said Mr. C. S. Rose of the P. E. P. company store here, "combined with the unusual refrigeration which is an every-day feature of this remark able machine, have been the cause of its quickly gained popularity. It needs no oiling or other atten tion once installed in the kitchen can be forgotten!" FLAX PLANT VIEWED The flax plant at the state pen itentiary was viewed Friday by County Judge Siegmund and Com. missioner Smith, all the opera tiona being viewed by the mem bers of the court. . Dudd, Drab Colors Kill AH Beauties of Model Kitchen We're trying to make our meals colorful and our recipes riots of harmonious hues, but what about the kitchens themselves? Surely, It's unfair to their occupants to let them languish in dull, drab col ors. Whv. ven the oots and sans and the handles of the knives end forks which we buy nowadays are trickily decked with red, green. yellow or blue. So let's start our kitchens along the right train For instance, if your kitchen dneitn't need much to make it Kay. you might try painting the shelves some brilliant color say a cnerry red. Then on the mouldings of the doors, the top of the base board and the mouldings, on the cupboard doors paint narrow lines of the same color. It's surprising what a difference it will make. However, if you think entire red shelves are a little too showy to start with, color only the front edge of the shelves red, leaving the tope and bottoms their origin al cream or white. And Parrots, Too! Green may be handled in much the same way as the red. except tht larger areas of it can be used, because It is not so vivid in tone. For instance, the inside of the cup board doors may be painted ereen. Another amusing idea is to stencil a vivid parrot in red and green on the Inside of the cup board doors, to remain hidden un til the door swings open and what hostess, with such a design for display, could refrain from the casual gesture which will show to the admiring guest that she, at least, is up-to-date and is using color in her kitchen? DEPUTY SHERIFF RESIGNS Marshfield. Ore., June 21. (AP) Because the "boys in the office are insisting on It," accord ing to Sheriff W. W. Gage, Frank B. Osmond, Coos county deputy sheriff for five years, was today requested to resign by July 1. The request was lasted by Sheriff Gage. Osmond quit immediately. We Were Properly EQUIPPED To Do All The Excavating and Grading for the Ben Lomond Park Home We Take This Opportunity to Congratulate the Management on Their Home J. A. GIPSON 550 North. 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