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N Landscape Ar Architect ex dent cent dent of City Parka Parke There exists Indeed a vory very close ro- ro lation atlon between a J pleasant 1 s. nt home homo and n l happy happ family lIro Tho The parents Ill who pos possess a n neat nent homo home no tt mt matter rho r- r ho now how modest a n. str structure enjoying tho the growing trees shrubs and plants sur sut surrounding ut rounding their abode are arc usually our OUi- OUi m most st respected citizens No whit matter matter wh t their thele station In life thoy they are regarded moro more highly than the tho ones one who sc seem m to feel content Inthe in inthe the midst of tin cans cane weeds and no nog- nog trees and thoy aro more arc more r respect respectable lIp ct able for tho they thoy Jove lovo to stay sinY at home which is the the only onh place pineo for good pa parents pi- pi rents to bo be The They Thew will their lit lit it littie ittIe tie savings sl In the Improvement of or their home grounds and sot set an ex nn ex I ample for their children of true truc filmily family life and the best citizenship S Should Consult t Epe Expert Exper To improve properly the home grounds e en eveni n when small It la Is advisable blo ble to consult a a. landscape landscape- gardener c qualified cd to give g ih hc best beat Ideas based proper efficiency rather than than- upon his political Influence but butris as o only l public property Is U to to suffer Butter Butterby bytho by tho It Is Is fortunat that private parties nr are at at- liberty to secure the tho ViC ei-ViC of competent men of ot proven ability Mrs Van says If now we WC ask when and where wen we n need eod ed the fine fino art of or pardoning gardening must not the tho answer be whenever and wherever W we touch tho the surface of the ground and the plants plants' it bears bear with the tho wish to lo produce Jan an an organized re result result re- re sult suit that shall plo please the eye The Time name namn we wo usually apply to it must not mislead el us s Into that this artH art J H it needed d only for forthe the tho of creation broad landscape effects It II Is needed where where- o cr ocro we o do more mor than gT grow W plants forthe for tho the money we may save Eave or gain bythe by the them in It does not not- matter milter we whether have in mind a great rent park or a small city square a n. large estate or a modest dooryard dooryard dooryard door- door yard wo we must go RO about our wor In Inan Inan inan an artistic spirit if IC we ve want Vo a Rood good re re- re sult Two trees and six shrubs a scrap of or lawn and ond anda a dozen flowering plant plants may form either cither a beautiful bC picture or or- ora n a huddled disarray ray of or forms and anel col cot ors oa Room for Improvement In Tn the tho planting of or city and suburban r residence grounds th there rc scorns scorns- to bethe be bethe betho the tho largest field Oed for tor improvement t In inthis this country Ono sees Bees In such Ruch places L Continued on pare pice 6 6 r- r ORNAMENTAL T AL t- t tz z Continued from page pago 2 L execrably bad more exhibition exhibition- of mOTte taste 0 titan than anywhere else to be bc sure I re indicate the tho willing- willing but such things tb do something sa anti and the energy work goes goeson an and taste WI te often improves as goels on Th Those e people 10 vho Tt-ho own the their r in the towns ad suburban districts districts dis dis- grounds Stion nation are J nn and t the as truest a I dais home they lovers oe have In m the the the tho desIre and ana the tho taste taste often often means t In this p part cu Jar line for Improvement e to SUIl StIll there is too toon n home little ree d done don Ilfe in the way tI of gardening en rg J or of an any t e u l of the tho thole While le the hO gJ gladly ad I puts or OOOO j Is ls ho house e. e h he ho re- re garcia 51 0 Wr r r flOe us ns ample outlay for forthe forthe forthe the orn ornamentation of or the surrounding grounds A And d while white b lw he is sure uro to employ employ em em- ploy an in are architect and pay him to tooD foo oD for planning the the house he be docs does not bt think of consuming a landscape pe gardener imor to design th tho and plantings s. s b but t leaves things to the cheap da day aay hl who mows the lawn or takes care of ot the stable These things make moko It obvious that the gentle art of a has fl nt t yet et gained a a. proper proper appreciation p from crom au all 1 those those- who should be Its ts La votaries The great to be decided in ln laying out tho the grounds s of ot a a. moderate At ate sized sited home is whether a fine line effect from from the tho street stroet s shall aU be sought or orT a 1 outdoor privacy be secured to to- tho the re residents On large grounds both these desiderata may be secured but on on small lots lol one must be bo d' d The good old fashioned English style lYle of I securing privacy in small places places-a a method method adopted by man many citizens of a former fenner period In America is AmerlIs' AmerlIs Is' Is Is to have a thick high hedge all aU along tho the front One Ono still sun se sees flees numbers numbers num nurn- bers hers of oC such he hedges g or arbor or privet or mulberry completely screen screen- the house and grounds from Crom tho the street Such an arrangement has lIBel lIB Its very el simple and substantial advantages and If it Is to b be bei adopted there Is no further advice to to be given except to choose a thrifty thrift for the he hodge and keep it cleaned and welt well pruned Modification Suggested A A I practical on of this thin method ethod but vot often otten seen Been is to plant a somewhat h regular Irregular screen n of mixed trees and and herbaceous ous tius materials Such a screen can be bo Arranged ill Id tho the s mo a. mo general way as asan asan an nn ordinary planting except that It it will usual face faC in two lions This will the tho company on the lawn Jawn from tram t toe the e passers along the street and will at al the same sam time give opportunity for th tin tin- introduction of or an anT Indefinite variety o r T ornamental plants some of which a ae a e visible from tho the street and some Borne crom om the house and lawn I But A IL man great people do not live much the or prefer for fOt other reasons to make tUe tte grounds a setting for the house hOWle In aich sch a way that the whole shall give th best possible effect I from the street Thi such suco cases casei there thero p como come into play all aU the tho principles of or taste which bOVO gardening any any- whre Aa As in oth gardening opera opera- lions unity Js is mo menu to La be re regarded It Is often violated to tot excess Many city gardens aro are only aggregations of unrelated un- un related and Incompatible features picked up here hera herand and nd vendor because the they 1 truck struck th the tho passing fancy of or the I tor A good 1 Plan should be made mado and followed This plan should be upon simple ImpIe lines tho th tho simpler as M the grounds are smaller mailer It Is here more mora than elsewhere Imperative that the center of the tho lawn in front of ot the house bo be kept open If It the grounds arc are small timan the pace rP will seem to be bo increased py W y placing placing- tho the house how at one side elde and comparatively far tar from the street And then if it may b bo 00 done without sacrificing the appearance of ot directness direct direct- ness nes tho the front walk ma may also bo be car- car to ono one side lC leaving the 1118 main lawn intact and vcr very much augmented In its a apparent parent extent Tho The plantings are arc then made mado in Irregular borders along the the Idea Bides of ot the lot loi and at tho the back bacle with more or fewer h herbs and shrubs I f and f cUmbers climbers be 8 against the tho J porches s and the foundations of tho the house itself according ac- ac cording to its tte Architectural character 1 Mistakes specially to be avoided in euch a n. scheme of treatment are formal shrubs flower beds horticultural In the lh monstrosities lawn lawi detached of ot au an all sorts Borts BOrIS conspicuous edgings along alone t walks noticeably Ceab Imperfect specimens kind Simplicity IB Is Keynote t S Special caution must must b be b. given gl the suburban resident and amateur garM gara garst gardener gar gar- GUrI I dener a against st planting lo too muc much of too M many things Everyone knows how liow easy It i to n a but room 10 realize how much Ic it Is 18 to a a. lawn The Tha flower loving suburban er wants wanta everything In Ini Jhc na catalogue W and anti such sueh au an appetite i j is lis a a. bl blessing only when properly restrained Perhaps It will wm Loan bo Lo an acc acceptable hint to say nay S P that moro more things may bo Lo grown in tasteful ar- ar withIn a small na compass b clo planting by herbaCeous of herbaceous or semi semi- annuals and perennials In Ln n borders V than Of by an any system bedding or nursery crowding as u. u Is commonly practiced such euch on small Places Many d e sorts 0 of plants thus Into give a a. line fino cx- cx of the struggle for ex- ex I an lU d of the mutual to adaptations which e such an encounter gives lh s will Vom clamber up uJ the Itron Sterns or of th the sunflowers the P will look ou out from under the and tho verbenas from Crom I U er the tho petunias e. e mingle minIe the yellow corp op freely with the tho blue 1 CUl and Over aU all will tower the tho hoUY the and the lUd a Give them plenty of food Rn an ance of at water V ter and co constant tant and how how- they will VIII ow cro S This and and 18 what a Jolly place It will s where ll M man nJ all summer a successful long among is by y iy Shrubs an and flowers and tam tam- I. I best A d nt at such Cl homes It Is I that tha t the re JI morals morals' ropaga ancI nd the thu truest patriotism for love hove for home is III love e for tor country countr I 11 i Jon f Ir r and love hove for tor beauty I |