The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-29
BEAUTY AND THE HOME.
SUGGESTIONS FOR MAKING 4
 LAWN AND GARDEN.
The Government Co Give a M0dsl-A Model Rural Homestead to be Erect ed Near Washington as an Object- Lesson to she People.

cd Near Washington as an Object
 Lesson to sho People
 A model rural homestead, serving a! an object-lesson in language gardening
 for people of moderate means says z l Washington correspondent of the Bos'
 ton Herald is unique enterprise just
 conceived by Uncle Sam. Six acres oi the government reservation at Arling- ton, across the Potomac, have been re-
 served for this novel purpose. Upon il will immediately be erected a ten-room | frame cottage to cost six thousand dol
 lars.
 The primary object of this ingenious 1 experiment will be to teach, al glance
 ideal methods of grading, painting, cut
 ting and watering lawns; of locating
 and adorning flower beds, paths and | drives of beautifying the porch; of
 screening out objectionable views of | locating trees; of covering outbuildings | with vines; of doing all manner of 1 things to make the exterior of the home | beautiful.
 Through Arlington penetrates one of 1 the most beautiful drives of America ! one frequented by the president and the elite of the capital. The work of lay | ing out this model homestead site there upon has been intrusted to Professor L.. C. Corbett, horticulturist of the Depart ment of Agriculture-a master in the fine art of landscape gardening, Taking his new enterprise as text
 this savant laid down, in few words, what he considers the fine points to be
 observed by all city people and country
 folk who are ambitious to beautlfy their
 lawns, their book yards and the exteri-
 ors of their buildings with the flowers,
 shrubs and trees which God has given.
 We will begin by laying out the lawn, said Professor Corbett, To be ef-
 fective it should always rise from the street to the house-should rise at least eighteen inches in each one hundred feet of depth, A lawn should always be full in the center, never hollow, and should grade off gently to the level of the public walk in front, not ending there in an abrupt bank.
 If the soil be of clay it is an easy matter to get full bluegrass lawn, but if the soil be sandy white clover, Ital- ian rye grass or redtop must suffice,
 Most people either cut their grass too close or let it go to seed between now ings. A lawn mower should be set high enough to leave one and a half or two inches of each blade of grass uncut; otherwise there will not be left suffl- clent leaf area for proper nourishment
 Early in the summer lawns must be moved often, with less frequency to- ward and during autumn. The rule for this depends, of course, upon the sea son. whether 1t be wet or dry In the fall as soon as the ground freezes eve ry lawn should be spread with deeem- posed manure, left in place until March,
 If allowed to go to seed once grass will eXpend practically all of it's ener- gy. Such neglect therefore, will be ta- tai to a pretty lawn Redtop and blue grass will go to seed in the latter part of June or in July if not kept moved. White clover will continue to go to seed all through summer
 Few people know when to water their lawns. The hose should never under any circumstances be applied during full sunshine. Evaporation is then rap id and each drop of water acts as lit- tie lens or burning glass, focusing the suns rays and actually scorching the grass blades. Commence to water your lawn toward sunset or during the night. Make this rule, and your grass will look refreshed
 On a small city or town lawn the walk extending from the street to the front door should ordinarily be perfect ly straight. Only in estates where there is at least an acre in front of the house are curved walks permissible In the latter case the curve should be deep to allow the planting of shrubs, tall grasses or flowers in the bay, in side of bend, to obscure distan objects and afford 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 to our parks and pretentious lawns.
 Walks and drives should always be | two or three inches below the surface of | he surrounding lawng so that when | he eye passes over the grass it will see nothing but the expanse of greenward. | The crowning center of path or drive | must never rise to the level of the lawn
 A flower bed should never be located l n the center of an expanse of front l avn, nor directly in front of the house 1 Flowers should be planted in the an- ,les of the house between the porch and | main structure, bordering walks in the pack yard or between sidewalks and he house, but never, l repeat to inter upt the expanse of greensward be- Ween the house and the street. Irreg- llarity rat her than formaIity should be triven for in border planting of any | ,ind.
 Now let us begin at the front of the ,ouse. If wild flowers are desired you an get early effects from such species IS trilliums, iacks-in the-pulpit, phlox- s or hepaticas-the last named are lit le, low growing white or blue flowers, ommon now in the woods, These can e mixed with daisies, for later effects, nd also with dwarf sunfiowers and oldenrod to give the blaze of yellow so rand in the autumn.
 If you prefer the common bedding overs you can plant in the previous all the early blooming pansies, tulips nd hyacinths, followed by the coleus, eraniums, scarlet sage, cannas, ele- hant's ears or castor beans. Plant hese in the front angles of the house tlx of ln l