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Show HANSEN TELLS HOW TO PLAN HOME GROUNDS The principal rule to observe in planning home grounds is to preserve pre-serve an oien appearance.- according accord-ing to Emil Hansen, specialist in landscape gardening, with the Extension Ex-tension service of .the t'tnh Agricultural Agri-cultural College, who offers the following fol-lowing additiona suggestions in bis new circular called "Arrangement and Planning of Home Grounds. '- Flowering snubs should be arranged ar-ranged in groups along fence lines and in angles formed by the house foundation'. In arranging shrubs in groups, plant the lower growing varieties in the outside rows and the medium med-ium and the taller growing varieties variet-ies in the center and at the back1 of the group. It is highly important that the soil between the snubs be fTequeni ly worked and kept free'' hot weeds. ' : Trees could be planned in nuij instances 'to form a ; backgrout for the shrubs, as well as k breaking the view . of 'ouMiuilj. ings. . The width of walks should ra. respond to the size. of the hulHiii and a graceful curve niark'ewi turn in the walk. The planting of flowers " ; aloe the sides of the walks and foutiii tiou of the house is not recoiinapa; e(, ...... . "-; Concerning the making of 'litre Jlr. Hansen-, recommends earl spring planting, preferably oa hi prepared the preceeding year. Two planting should 'be mi the second cross-wise to r the fin A good lawn-mixture consists i Kentucky Bltiegrass and . Vil: Cloven, in the proportion- of 5 to Allow one pound of the mliE for each 500 square feet of lawn A copy of the circular' (K which the foregoing suggestions i taken will be sent free upon ti quest to the Extension Sera Utah Agricultural College, Iraq as long as the supply lasts.- I |