Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-06-12

front door should ordinarily be per-
fectly straight. Only in estates where
there is at least an acre in front OF
the house are curved walks permits
sible. In the latter case the curve
should be deep enough to allow the
planting of shrubs, tall grasses or
flowers in the bay, inside of bend, to
obscure distant objects and afrord
novelty of landscape at each turn. AND
in these clumps of bushes, or what
not, so placed, variety should be
striven for. We see too much uni
formity of species in these clumps so
placed in our parks and pretentious
lawns
Walks and drives should always be
two or three inches below the surface
of the surrounding lawn, so that when
the eye passes over the grass it VIII
see nothing but the expense of grean-
sward. The browning center of a
path or drive must never rise to the
level of the lawn.
"a flower bed should never be To-
Gated in the center of an expanse in
frcnt of the house. Flowers should
be planted in the angles of the house
between the porch and main structure,
bordering walks in the back yard or
between sidewalks and the house, but
never, I repeat, to interrupt the ca
panse of greensward between the
house and the street. Irregularity
rather than Formally should be striy-
en- for in border planting of any kind.
Now let us begin at the front of
the house. If wild flowers are de-
sired you can get early effects from
such species as trilliums, jacks-in-the-
pulpit, phloxes or hepaticas-the last
named are little, low-growing white or
blue flowers, common now in the
woods. These can be mixed with
daisies, for later effects, and also wi n
dwarf sunfiowers and goldenrod to
give the blaze of yellow so grand in
the autumn.
"If You prefer the common bedding
flowers you can plant in the previous
fall the early-blooming pansies, tulips
and hyacinths, followed by the cole,,s,
geraniums, scarlet sage, cannas.
elephants ears or castor beans. Plant
these in the front angles of the house
and at the sides Of the porch steps.
Arrange the tallest in the rear and
bank those Of lower growth in front.
1.-THE porch should be covered with
vines carried up in narrow columns
to form arched openings conforming
to the architecture. The greater mass
of vines should be near the caves and
should hang down, giving the grace
full effect of drapery. The best vines
for porch decoration are Boston ivy
five-fngered ivy, actinidia and akebia
especially the last two, which are alb
solutely free from insect enemies.
'"The most artistic arrangement Of
porch boxes planted with flowers is
to place them on level with and out
side of the hand rails, extending the
series entirely around. They should
be filled with low-growing, hardy
plants, such as geraniums, lobelia
vinca and nasturtiums, trained to fal
over the trail.
For every house of this category
should be planted an irregular back
ground screen, hiding the vegetable
garden, outhouses or other objection
able views at the rear, or wherever
they may be situated. If the house
be new and immediate effects are de
sired certain high grasses are best
But with these should be planted such
shrubs as barberry, sweet shrub, dog
wood, hawthorn, dentzia, silver thorn
strawberry bush, rose of sharon bush
honeysuckle or mock orange. These
will mature and later give permanent
] effects.
! Among the tall grasses are thu
arundo donax or giant reed, growing
to height of Is feet; zebra grass,
feet; eulalie gracilis, 3 feet. A large
pyramid of these grasses, planted IL
concentric circles, the tallest in thu
center and the shortest outside, pro
vides a screen giving a tropical et
feet. Their dry stems stand through
out the winter without detriment t,
the landscape. If cut down in tn
early spring they will attain thei
growth and color by summer. In tn
rear of the house such tall plants a
castor beans, scarlet sage and Gamma
may also be grown to shut out OF
| jectionable views.
'Outbuildings should be covere
with vines. If they are of brick thi
is an easy matter, but if of frame tn
problem is trifie more difficult. Fo
/ brick buildings Boston ivy is bes
north of Washington; English iv