Show make your house a home with flowers ni by mr and mrs jus jos L anderson editors note below is thel the first of 0 a series of artial articles es on cutti cultivation ti of flowers knowing owing the unusual success mr and mrs airs anderson have had in developing the grounds at their own home and in raising many flowers which others have hesitated to attempt to raise here we are arc confident that reaper readers who follow the series care fully will profit by the information mr and mrs anderson have made their home a credit to richfield and it is frequently visited by people interested in florl flori cul ture turc the article follows A house bouse is not a home until its planted planting creates a personality with out just as truly as furniture and arrangement give the interior an individuality that is all your own time and expense slip by unmeasured when one is working for an effect inside the home but work as you will your home is not complete until it has been made beautiful with treis trees and flowers just as each piece of furniture in the living room is purchased and placed with the thought of convenience charm and aliby so can trees flowers and shrubs be placed to create charm originality and convenience you wish your home to be a haven of peace and rest consider the peace and eest rest that is found in a beautiful garden looking through the window of your living room upon such a picture in bloom will bring a satisfaction that nothing can equal and add a charm to the room that is most genuine j i aside from the pleasure a well planted home will give aou ital teo increases the value of your property beyond the cost of effort such work ano and expenditure will become a real pleasure to you once you become interested in it and conscious of the fact that your home is surrounded by yards by spending one half hour of time daily to good advantage you will I 1 become amazed at the results of your own erfort effort real estate dealers claim a good planting increases 9 the value of a home to 1000 PI planted an ted homes are also much cas easier cr to sell there are arc a number of people who think flowers and shrubbery cannot be raised successfully in this part of the country due t to soil soll and climatic conditions it 1 is tue t ue there are a few varieties of fl flowers and plants that require a more imore humid atmosphere and more acid soil than we have here but there are several hundred flowers and plants that will do as well wel right in richfield and su rounding towns as anywhere in the united it is to familiarize I 1 1 states our purpose mili arize you with these plants in following articles so you can place them to best advantage in your gardens proper landscaping and parking of your grounds are half the success of the venture planting g and raising will become more interesting if you have a definite goal to work to the goal of each individual is based on the start he has already made some may see a tic victure ture of a planting they like or th they cy may have original ideas but a of their grounds will prove very helpful just as an architect makes a blue print of the house so you should make one of your grounds you can use a scale of one half inch to one fourth inch to the foot if you like the starting point is always the house itself and the planting should build around and from it you are placing the house in the ya yard rd with the thought of convenience privacy and view you may wish to hide certain of its lines and accentuate certain others it would be folly to plant large shrubs and trees in front of c Z small house thus aldins wha ivha voi 11 ve e to oi ot t I 1 ari arap trees and shrubs have their places in the back yard or background their size being in proportion to the plot of ground and the house too many tall growing things create creat at a too shady condition most flowers need sunlight to grow it should always be your aim to plant so some group of flowers or shrubs will be in bloom throughout 0 ut the summer plant and ar range with this thought in mind I 1 small groups of different types are much more effective than a large hedge of one variety just as a house is not complete with one room or one piece of furniture so is the garden incomplete with just one type of flower or shrub the charm and individuality vi of your garden comes with a variety of flowers and their proper arrangement do not plant your flowers like you would a vegetable garden all lawn on one side and a hodgepodge hodge podge of flowers on the other it will not create a pleasing effect neither is all green or all color effective blend the lawn and flowers together so they seem to belong to each other and still have the proper relationship to the house in this way different parts of plot will be ts signed definite defini places thus giving an effect of spaciousness gs that cannot be had otherwise plant so that each plant or border can be seen effectively for its own orvn particular beauty and yet not hide thoss those in aror t or belind bel bc ind tt t is s always tood t t bint b brin int out the b hamd nd ercer acen ell e ainsa nse n of ina n cluttering ever it occurs is in bad taste here are afew dos and bonts that may prove helpful dont plant too near a walk the dust from your feet and injury from touching is not good for plant it is better to have about two feet of green lawn between walk and flower borders dont grow a hedge of tall plants up the walk it obstructs your view if you wish color all during the summer in your perennial bed leave a few spaces for annual flowers as they have a longer bloom blooming period and a larger variety of color confine all tall growing flowers and shrubs near the back of the border arrange your ground in small furrows so that it can be watered without injury to plants from sprinkling and baking the soil edge your flower beds with a border of small flowers which have long blooming period as it helps to blend the flower bed with the lawn and su rounding flowers do not overcrowd over crowd as plants must have room for their full development they will reward you with larger and bet ter bloom annuals can be used as fillers until you can arrange for perennials I 1 later on do not let clumps of perennial U flowers become too large as it strangles their growth separating t the he clumps means more flow r ober places s ard and gives the plants a new start flowers like people die of old age the spring time is not the time for separating all perennial flowers it Is well to note that the cheapest flowers can seldom bring the best results next week we will present another article on the arrangement and preparation of the soil |