Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-02-29 | Page 8 | Let's Use That Rear Lot as Living Room

LETS LET'S LET S USE THAT REAR LOTAS LOT AS' AS LIVING ROOM By MAUD l CHEGWIDDEN Telegram m Garden Editor In the rectangular space at the rear of the house the gardener may ride any hobby he has in the matter of gardening The front part of the grounds as we we have shown should conform in some measure to the rest of the plantings along the street But the rear rear may be devoted to to- I the he interests and pursuits pursuits' of the family amily in a horticultural fashion and ma may be designed to conform entire entire- ly y to the family's ideas Here secure secure from prying pryIng pryIng-or or critical critical critical cal eyes you may have your collection collection col- col lection of peonies your rows rows of IrIses rises your dahlias trained to stakes like ike so many soldiers the soldiers the whole place dace may be devoted to a single flower lower if it that flower is your hobby You may build rock k gardens pools arbors latticed gateways ys scats scats' and I I I tables and all the other things which go to make make a gard garden n indi vidual It makes for tor better results for more harmony harmony- not harmony not t only in inthe the garden garden gar gar- den but in the family's temper temper temper-If if this rear garden isI is laid id out with taste and with an ec eye lo 0 tho the ultimate ultimate ultimate ulti ulti- mate result for beauty This section sec section sec eec tion of the home grounds has of lato late years become known as the outdoor living room In this rear plot we need walls surrounding us if it we are to enjoy it to the full and really live in it when the tho weather permits Walls may be of t even vIre the commonest wire fencing so long as as' th that t fence is bea beautified by vines and nd ell climbing bing roses rOles Such a boundary takes up the tho least pace it only extends a few inches into the area of the I plot Given more room a wall vall of ot flowering flowering flowering flow flow- ering shrubs is tho the best choice Such Sucha a abound boundary ry line lino will be useful beautiful beau beau- and permanent Shrubs will afford a lovely background for th the flowers which should form borders around the centra central grass plot for forIn forIn forin In this outdoor living room such a ala la lawn w will ll be the carpet or or rug more valuable than tho the finest on onE you could buy to lay on any room I in your house An unbroken stretch of turf no matter how small gives an al air of restfulness to tho the outdoor living room is spoiled if broken up by beds walks or groups of ot shrubs S The illustration used today shows just such a private little spot in the rear of a home as we have been trying to describe In this article Wo We have a hedge inner borders of flowers and the central lawn which is enhanced by a gazing globe to reflect the lovely hues of the tho garden garden gar gar- den deni we we have havo an arbor for rest Inthe in tho the cool of tho the evening and we have a lovely entrance to the outdoor outdoor outdoor out out- door living room through a a. vine- vine covered archway Entrance and arbor ar ar arbor arbor ar- ar bor are both fittingly emphasized by of matched upright everA ever ever- ever ever- A greens