Show ml ajl ra C MA lv rubb their C are and C ar vt ell A ka 4 4 A driveway made beautiful with a I 1 ine ina effect of massed planting EFFECTS IN MASSING by L M dennington two recent photographs sho showing iNing california homec one at berkeley and the other the t h ie nt tit oakland illustrate nicely one of the principles of art that the maker of a garden will do veil niell to study it is the general scheme producing an effect with masses of plants and with foliage thrown throan daringly into background or foreground with little apparent thought for the individual plant it follow the tile idea of the little barky who 00 came crime home one day with ith a crude drawing made in school the tittle little boy held up proudly the tile product and arid said see mammy here am what I 1 done craned today what dat inquired the mother ailts lilts cr er cow eald said the littia fellow low yas lilts tr cov all nil right paid said ahe ie mother but im de do tell da de teacher she done tule tole me responded 1 the chaij mat so long as de tie general effect am gotai too i mind detail that to no tie theory shown atri lin ly by th thi iwo california picture pictures 1 la one la Is found a heavy ma making maring ring of gri grica on effects in the background with the ill amo general scheme of mass being applied to the plante plants and grasses bord r ing the dr heway not a single one of the trees or plants stands out individually but they all blend into a general purpose in the second picture the mass Is from bad ground to foreground leaving the hou bouke itself to tand stand boldly forth against the skyline in directly opposite wars mays the pictures show effects of mass arrangement it belongs to its school of 0 art and to art ns as applied to the garden as clearly as the same theory btag place in painting in oil oils and it must be he remembered that it more real work to jel et effect from a ly disordered masef than it doe to care for striking la in and isolated element ele menta AMONG THE FLOWERS cut fio flowers r 4 at of that seed arcely and prolong the beason of 0 bloom a if it allo to mature seeds they cias to bloom pent von t thu tho potted plants i it ter well anil and shade from irma he the ifill aft noon sunshine AN lun lien shade la is recommended darkness or dense shade are not mount all plants enquire a good light plants will biar strong sly sky light that could le lie badly damaged it st in strong sunshine for potted patted plants that must hae sunshine act the pote pots in n or st mt t in a bos box N ilia a packing of mosi around teem to encourage moisture hoot geranium clips nou noa no A if it aou ou nant binter bloomers hup http grouling thriftily phi ching off all buds until late september to root hardwood har dood shrubbery cut just bilow the joint as an ull nil slip 11 i send out root toots from tho the joint soft or hardwood hard nood do not make the mistake of rooting for winter later bloot bloomer neri plants that bloom only in the some gerazunis ge bloom auie frill than others evaporation li Is rapid if showers sho ers are few the plant plants will become stunted from thirst if jf too much rain weeds not be allowed to choke tit the p plants hints all shrubby pot plant plants should be set in a sheltered thelt ered pla e out of doors with food good light but soule shade during durin the hot foam a lacre strong winds cannot rack thim prune older weaker branches from shrubs and roses that are donw done bloom ing and mulch routs roots cut pile sod for pot dot compost inter winther affect affects weeds adversely ver sely ilia shade Is often woree orse than strong sunlight sow set ds for basket plants and win in dow garden no nor prune out the bran haq he of the tile dahlia 1 to promote development of flower flou ers water A well ell and tie to stakes A A T 11 0 ax a J v a ij A f f N V t 4 i all A 0 WO e gleis and daims masud together form a foreground of beauty for tha here settina |