Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-09
FROsTBURG, Md, SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1904.
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our school grounds are large enough.
but these will be only n few because
we must have the center Of the place
open, else we could not have picture.
The schoolhouse itself Is the most
important thing In this picture which
we are going to make. Let us imagine
n large oil painting In which there Is
general leading his troops To battle.
Now, | am sure that no artist would
paint trees and flowers in the front of
the picture and cover up the general
on the horse.
We now have the three elements Of
our little landscape picturp-the level
lawn or greenSward. which Is the can
vas: the central or important object
standing out prominently, which is the
schoolhouse. and the heavy framework
at the sides, which Is the planting of
trees and bushes. What kind of trees
and bushes we shall plant will depend
upon what kinds we can get, what ones
are hardy in the region and what ones
we like We can plant beecheS and
poplars here and there, an apple tree
or n pear tree or nut tree. We are
not making an orchard, and therefore
we shall not plant more fruit trees than
anything else, but we will drop in one
now and then in order to make the
place interesting.
We can plant these forest trees ev-
cry twenty or forty feet apart around
the place, not putting them In exact
rows, but letting them drop In here
and there along the fence or in the
fence corners. Then between these lar
ger rows we can plant lot of bushes
In this way we can make border
around our place and have all the kinds
Of towering bushes which will thrive
in our climate. This whole border
need not be more than ten feet wide.
We may now want flowers. If we do
let us spade up little strip Of earth
two or three feet wide just along the
inner edge of this border of bushes,
and we will SOW seeds there. or we can
plant roots of hollybocks and bleeding
hearts and lilies and peonieS and all the
other interesting things which we will
be sure to find in our mothers gardens.
The bushes will afford background
for these flowers, and the colors will
show off much better than they would
If the flowers were out in the center of
the lawn, and then, If they were in the
center of the lawn, | am sure that they
would not stand much chance in n
game Of football. In some places the
border can be fifteen feet wide and in
some places only five or six, and this
will give greater interest and variety
to the place Then, If there are some
curious old trees or Il waterfall or
pond or other interesting thing outside
the grounds which will serve as a
view and a gateway, leave an opening
in this border planting which will
serve as view and a gateway.
Perhaps the teacher will draw on the
board an outline of the school grounds
and suggest how we might make these
border paintings and then drop in
bushes here and there against the
foundation of the schoOlhouse or in
other places where they may be out of
the way, and when the morning of
Arbor day comes the farmers will
come in with their wagons. and we
shall all get in and go to some clearing
or to the border of the woods and dig
our trees and bushes. We shall dig our
trees from the sunny places, If pos
sible, for trees taken from the deep,
shady woods do not like the hot, open