Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-04-24 | Page 26 | Coherent Designs Necessary to Home Place

COHERENT DESIGNS NECESSARY TO HOME I PLACE I I Not the House Alone but Its Setting Calls for Mature Consideration A home IS Is rendered more ore attractive and interesting when each functional furnishing is in the right place of the right size shape scale and color and consequently because useful and beautiful beau beau- appears to have grown or happened happened hap hap- there The trees shrubs vines flowers and other features that adoni adorn the tho garden the homes home's intimate environs en environs en- en should give the same tion I The residence garage boundary i fences walls I steps pergolas and indeed in In- In deed all construction I evident form a skeleton or it might be more appropriate appropriate appropriate I to say a figure in the nude that I needs to be clothed with befitting grace and color In lIvin living plant forms that I I do not hide or smother the architecture but only serve to reveal and emphasize I Its Us charm Plants add further interest Interest interest inter Inter- est through their change in growth and their evolution through the seasons seasons seasons sea sea- sons whether it be leaf fruit and flower flow low lower er that delight or bare twig decorative branch and trunk that etch silhouettes against a background of building water or sky The Tho house may with propriety express repose while the plant life signifies animation joy movement and color epitomizing all life in c cycles cleB o of birth growth glowth fruitage and decay 1 POOL IN GARDEN o If It the hearth is the heart of ot the home horne then surely a pool or or a sundial I is the heart of ot a garden its shrine Suppose the owner may decide upon the need of ot a pool as the dominating or central feature of interest Our boon of sunshine and mild climate in Utah Insures enjoyment of ot gardens so that a pool ool with its reflections placidity and potential movement is a continuous I source of pleasure Questions Immediately immediately imme Imme- arise as to its location size the design of the coping and surrounding surround surround- ing beds also the color and texture of materials for the structural work Should its fountain be an unadorned Jet or some expression in the form of ot sculpture What manner of seats shelter or plantings should surround it if If it is to bo be especially secluded retiring how shall it be set apart by I screening plants from other units Inthe in inthe inthe the garden These and many other related problems ems call for Cor wise decisions deci I I If It a cottage be bo modest cozy almost diminutive it should not be frightened by the presence or of somber old t trees ees of architectural tone tono or conifers and palms that win will grow to gigantic size dwarfing and lessening its original charm Houses of medium size and yet jet simple unpretentious design should be surrounded by simple unifying elements elements ele ele- ments such as a lawn with bordering bordering- trees and shrub masses avoiding ashow ashow a ashow show of ot rich over-rich color or texture InI in I plant materials materials materials-in in short the tho garment should fit the Individuality lt of the structure Mansions or homes of ot stately stately stately state state- ly dimensions demand plants and flowers flowers flowers flow flow- ers of dignity Dense upright growth forms richness and fullness of ot texture texture tex tex- ture ture nobility and masculinity of ot line Tone Tono and color are their fitting accompaniments ac ac- Here Indeed the Irish and English yew the Italian cypress the boxwood laurels camellias rhododendrons rhododendrons rhododendrons rhodo rhodo- and m myrtles play their role In the development of or private gardens gardens gar gar- dens it frequently happens that the construction of drives and walks of walls terraces steps and balustrades of ot fountains rills riUs and swimming pools game courts and other recreational areas also belvederes or casinos will wUl go on simultaneously with the erection erection erection tion of the residence and related buildings build build- ings It is desirable and strongly advisable advisable advisable ad ad- in such cases that the owner architect and landscape designer have early conferences on the ground so that the resulting work may be satisfying satisfy satisfy- ing ling and coherent A house and its gardens should be suitably married and both should fit naturally into the neighborhood free from discordant I contrasts or ostentation Garden planting is the final process in creating a finished homo home picture The landscape architect and engineer not only has colors at his disposal similar to the landscape painter he also has plant materials varying greatly in form size texture and habit With the color of flowers and the bloom of trees and shrubs and their myriad s shades ades of green foliage he paints a garden of moods thinking always always al always al- al ways of unified compositions pictures in which each motif makes males up one movement of a harmonious whole With the cooperation of nature always kind patient and sympathetic when understood he alms aims at order and hopes for beauty