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Show Flower Bordered Terrace Beautifies Modern Home 4 if .window sm00 - BOX & fPCTUWA URGE , i .v.w- I- SINGLE FLOWERED , orV I I J. 'WINDOW1 r ' ltWWWHTO J Qr-r Lr fS& f PETUNIA j T I C3 1" WALL I BALCpNt &LUI. D V'AU WALI- WNDOW PETUNIA. I 1' ,a ' ' - LBOXtSlMLCONY VOX. Few flowers thrive in the shade; and sunshine is also good for you. Modem houses are designed for sunny surroundings, with terraces open to "the sky replacing roofed porches, and flower borders growing where formerly former-ly shrubs would shade the house and make it impossible for flowers to live. In the home grounds, as on the beach, shade can be provided by the garden umbrella, or by awnings, when it is needed. And when sunshine is desired, one need not go to the country coun-try to enjoy it, if the landscape planting plant-ing is designed to allow the sun full access to the house and garden. Modern houses do not require shrubbery planting close to them. With few exceptions they are set low, with the main floor close to ground level. Planting in front should De kept low. Tall shrubs and evergreens near the house have the effect of making low houses seem lower. A sun-drenched terrace surrounded by flowers makes an ideal frame for a one-story house, as shown in the illustration. A low wall topped by flower boxes rising a foot or more, but never higher than the window level, can easily be constructed. At the base of this wall a border of flowers can be grown from seed sown directly in the ground. Flower boxes at the windows complete a decoration, which will make any house a show place. Such a planting adds to the apparent appar-ent size of the house, and presents a Eicture which will be enjoyed as much y the house occupants as by pass-ersby. pass-ersby. For best effect care should be taken in the choice of colors. These should harmonize with the color of the house and its trim. The suggested planting uses all petunias, red and white at the base of the wall, balcony blue on top of the wall, and rose in the window boxes. Other flowers which would serve well in such a planting are marigolds, nasturtiums, lobelias, annual an-nual pinks, white and violet aslyssum, salvia, and lilliput zinnias. |