The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-04


plest and can be safely put in practice
time it gives to professional skill the
field for the highest art. 1t is most eco
nomical at the start and requires the
least care and expense to maintain. 1t
is informal. restful, home-Iike.
BY landscape gardening we mean
such laying out of the grounds and ar
rangement of the trees, shrubbery,
vines and flowers as to make a simple
landscape or picture with no single OBJ
ject asserting itself conspicuously and
detracting attention from the scene as
a whole. How can such a picture be
produced? Evidently not by any of the
methods mentioned above.
This picture is to be painted on a
canvas which is the lawn or sward.
The central object in the scene is the
house and about it the trees and shrub
berry and flowers are placed to com
plete the color and form of the picture
The walks and drives are a necessary
utility and should be so placed that
they viii not cut the picture into pieces
but will add to its beauty An artist
would not like to see a brown line
drawn straight across the front of his
canvas. but just this is too frequently
seen in the foreground of the home pic
ture. Therefore lay out the walks and
drives, if possible, so as not to cut into
the center of the lawn. 1t should be
remembered also from the standpoint
of utility that they should be direct
and not circuitous. A straight line
however, is not, in general, so beautiful
as curve. so it is desirable to intro
duce gentle curves. These viii break
the monotony of straight lines and
need not materially interfere with di-
rectness. The double curve is a favor
lite among landscape gardeners to COM
bine beauty and directness of approach.
FOR HARMONIOUS EFFECT.
Now where can the shrubbery. the
trees, and the flowers be placed with
most harmonious effect? If you have
succeeded in making your walks and
drives without cutting into the front of
your picture, be equally careful rot to
do so by planting conspicuous things
there which would look as though the
artist had dropped his brush upon the
canvas. Here is probably the most inn
portant principle in landscape garden
ing-keep the front omen and plant the
borders in groups and masses. BY this
is not intended that q space, uniformly
four feet wide should be measured off
along the edges of your house lot and
set apart from the rest of the place by
a six-inch board set on edge. This is
too formal. But here on the edge or
borders is the place to plant groups of
shrubbery with occasional flowers here
and there. nesting at the base of the
larger plants and having these
as a background. In this trop-
ical cline we have many flow |
ering shrubs which may be used, |
serving the double purpose of fur |
nishing green and at the same time
giving touch of brightness, but the |
lower growing flowers at the base add |
finish to the scene. The latter may be |
from time to time as they run \
out and this gives endless variety and /
enjoyment for those who love to gar
len. but If there happens to be no time
o attend to it the permanent paintings
continue the beauty OF the place. But
ven these groups of shrubbery will not
'e all planted at one time. The general
Ian of the place should be made at the
eginning and then new plants may be
dded from time to time in accord with
he plan.
Seek to avoid regularity of outline
nd stiff. straight lines in the forna- :
on of these groups. They should be
informal
All the space which is to be devoted to