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Show LAWN-PLANTING POINTERS Prof. LoRoy Cady. Do not overplant tho yard. Havo a reason for every plant sot. Plant In groups nover In straight lines. Comoro ami aV-'upt angles may ften bo rounded by shrubs. Vinos on a building lighten the loinbor effect of tho stono or brick. Paoonlos, Iris, phlox, and giant lalsy aro among the best porennlals to uso. It Is often an ndvnntngo to scrcon .ho rear of tho lot by a hedgo or ;roup of shrubs. JiiBt enough vino should bo used on i porch to shade It and partly screou t frcm public vlow. Masses of ono color nro bottor than oo great a mixture. A fow well-honon well-honon plants nro host. Shrubs at tho baso of a building 'ollovo tho sot, formal character and icorn to "tlo" It to tho ground. Ijirgo trcos or plants should always )o sot In tho background. Gradations rom thoso may bo mndo to tho front. Wild grnpo, Virginia cruopcr, hit-torsweot, hit-torsweot, or tho climbing roso nro ox-collont ox-collont for tho porch. Uso shrubs thnt havo beautiful fo-llago fo-llago or colorod fruits. An nll-soason offect Is usunlly wanted. Ono of the liest-cllppcd hedges In Mlnnosotn Is mndo of buckthorn: dogwood. Alnlno urrant. and willow aro also good. Do not plant thick unless lmmodlato results re-sults nro wanted, 8hrubbory mnkos a good background back-ground for Dowering porennlals. Vistas Vis-tas of objects In tho dlstnnce may often ho framed to advantage with shrubs. HlghbU8h cranborrlos, viburnum lantana, roso rugosa, wahoo, sand-thorn, sand-thorn, Tnrtarlan honeysuckle snow-borry, snow-borry, and dogwood supply colored fo-llago fo-llago and fruit. Floworlng currant, Juno borry, mock orange, splrea "Van Houttol, common oldor, bnrborry, lilac, cara-gana, cara-gana, and dogwood nro a fow shrubs that blossom early. Scattered planting ovor a lawn should novor bo tolerated. Koop tho plants nt tho Bldos of tho lot and baso of tho building. Thoy mny bo used to provont crossing of tho lawn, especially es-pecially If planted at tho comers. Tho most Important font tiro of the homo grounds Is a good lawn. A mix-turo mix-turo of forty pounds of pure Kentucky bluo-gras, (ivo pounds of redtop, and threo pojinds of whlto clover per acre fmakofl n good lawn. |