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Show Gardens Glow With New Beauty When Lighted At Night I J . :'.'.'' 7.V-.:.v. ' .r - . : :.-: .- ; . : - 'X: . : - : 'j' - . l ' i.'- -xo.- .. ' . -: , , . 4 . - ' . - . t , f s i Even the modest garden may become a picture of bea at night when discreetly lighted. j By Helen G. Toland IF half the fun of making a garden is watching it grow, then certainly cer-tainly the other half is showing it otf after it is fully grown and in bloom. But you must have light to enter Into either of these methods of enjoying en-joying the garden, , and since the hours of daylight are all too short for the gardener who spends his days in an office or shop, the new art of garden lighting has developed. Light Sources Concealed Light for the' garden does not aim to paint the lily or gild the rose. Rather, it aims to show them after dark in their true colors, for all to enjoy. As fur the lighting itself, if it is correctly (lone, it will pass almost al-most unnoticed, for the first rule in garden illumination is that all light sources in the garden should be concealed. con-cealed. In most gardens it is not difficult to follow this rule. Small handy floodlights can be concealed in a trcc-ciotch or under the eavc- -- I the garage. Compact lirtie reflectors may be discreetly hidden under a shrub or bush and trained on some center of interest in the garden, such as a bcauulul tree or plaining, flower-bed, arbor, pool or bird bath. Indeed, many practical and inexpensive inex-pensive lighting units hide themselves. them-selves. For the pool there is a lily pad of aluminum so artfully designed de-signed that it resembles one of Nature's Na-ture's own as it floats on the surface of the pool. Clipped beneath us metal skirts is a lamp bulb of the regular hotuchc.i.5 variety in a ya- . ter-tii.'1-.t socket, v.hxh will .vn,vu-miliion-dollar uii.iervr.iter i:r'ii'-!ng eil'c-c:s in a P'-'Ol from s.c to ier. teec in UHme'vv i-o:' th rock uLui. or to illuminate gar.loi s.eps :.nu path, there is a :c.-i i.fi, c-pt i at tiie )wck, peixitv-v the h-.rip insula in-sula to le i';-h:'.".i ti:e corner where it is placed. To t'-l't LC-vrr Ives ar,.i borders, a set of t .jvr siiit!tis iia? h.en e'esi"---..-,!. fi ue with the Christmas" Christ-mas" trre ? g of iif h.s Those shields are i,i.nwlH on ?r"l'"c. -rl , may Lv. ....c..0 l-.u..-. rn in flower beds, to preserve them to view after dark. Use Clear, Not Colored Lights In this connection, it is well to mention that white or clear lamp bulbs should be substituted for vha colored bulbs found in the Chnsi- I mas tree string. Colored light does strange things to objects seen under it, while clear or white light reveals them in their true colors. Hence, clear or inside-frosted lamp im.bs often the regular )iour.!-...t.j ,yr-, I are recommended for use with ail j garden lighting equipment. 1 E:ch of the units mentioned will k'-rr. some beauty spot I'rora sink-i sink-i .g ir.to oblivion wi'-h the cominj ( t darkness. The practical garci-ner will be glad lo know too that each tomes complete with a waterproof I socket and several feet of heavy va- I terproof cord all ready to maks good its promise of a r.ight picture i of the garden that may be dirTfr'nt j 1 ut wiil certainly be quite as beau-as beau-as t!:j ci"i.ir.-.e v ; c t |
