Show Family Garden Needs eeds t Good Plan PlanT T To Be Successful It Must BeThought BeThought Be Bo Thought Out Before Work Begins A garden should grow piece by piece said Carl Stanton landscape architect speaking at nt Cornell's farm tarm farmand farmand and home week eck at nt Ithaca N. N Y but hut the garden which Is to be successful when com completed Is the one me which has bas the tho whole plan of It thought out before the work starts Such a plan makes each ench Installment an Integral part atthe of at the whole hole each part pait dot dovetails do with the rest and thero there is If 1 no chance of duplication or work wore wor to be done dune o over Many small gardens are lovely ely at nt first he said but they are enlarged until all nil semblance of ot design and Ml hal once ance Is lost Frequently they are not notor or orderly erl and are greatly o overcrowded o Rules for PI Planning Mr Stanton gave c certain rules for planning the small garden gurden No garden gar den deu or flower lower bed should be placed In Inan Inan an nn open lawn n area unless It he be tied by plantings or architecture to some permanent feature Avoid old competition between the garden and any other feature such as a I vista ta or a 0 view The size sire of the garden gaiden which should lie be decided from the first Is governed b bj by three Important principles the first Is taste the taste the preference of pf the owner the second deals with ability nn and willingness of the owner to pay for the maintenance both In time and money and the third governing o element ele ele- meat ment Is the chosen site Mr 1 Stanton said that he preferred the rectangular or o al g garden irden n to the thc square or circle The garden ganen Is only I as good as ns Its background be he con tinned In the country the background background back bark ground question Is easily s solved solved solved-in in inthe the city more moie often orten than not the satis satis- satisfactory factory factor solution Is unattainable Do not give ghe an air nil of depression to the picture by surrounding your jour garden with too high fences nn and walls Whenever possible use use evergreen trees as us a background For bed ped edg edg- edgings ings labs use Ilse such material as ns will tend 10 to avoid old hard lines Imes Do not cut your gar garden rn up Into a jl Jig Jib saw pattern of beds beds Planting Important Tle The Tle planting Is as much of UK the design as ns is the layout The planting should be he counted upon to furnish masses variations in light and shade much of the repetition and continuity required as well wen as the anticipated beauty of line tine and color Particularly avoid any flatness In the planting Where flower beds ate are above the average e width resort to the use of shrubs to give added height and bulk Do not grade the height of the flowers in the beds evenly e with the lowest Inthe in inthe inthe the foreground Mote More fascinating f win will willbe be the picture when the top line Is broken n up by hy placing some ome slightly taller varieties In the front with the lower growing sorts |