The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-08-04
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BE MADE ATTRACTIVE.


BE MADE ATTRACTIVE.
pne Good suggestions For Plantinx
Hrrees and Shrubs by Harvard..
= Head Gordener0The Best varietie.
4 For SMALL Grounds.
Unattractive front and back Yards
can be beautided at 50 little expense
and trouble that there Is NO excuse for
them In any community, and If a few
residents on q block would start the
good work others would follow. the
movement would extend to other
streets. and finally the entire town
would be made attractive. Robert
Cameron. head gardener of the Har-
ward botanic gardens. says there are a
few simple principles which, If follow
ed consistently. will enable any one
who Is willing to take a little pains in
the adornment Of his place to get
favorable results.
The smallest lot Of land attached
to a house." says Mr.. Cameron. may,
II given thought and consideration, be
made into a landscape picture. The
great trouble with most owners of
small lots Of ground Is that they do
not understand how to plant I'm order
to get the most pleasing effects. The
area Is usually covered all over with
trees and shrubs, and hence the work
II meaningless. In making ND his
landscape picture the amateur artist
must have q canvas to work upon.
The canvas In this case Is the green
lawn. The lawn II the first requisite
and II should ordinarily present q lit
tie unbrOkon stretch In the center of
the lot. The beds and borders should
be thoroughly prepared before plant
ing begins. IF the soil Is poor or lack
ing humus q liberal quantity Of well
Iotted barnyard manure should be
worked into It.
'The plantation Of trees and shrubs
should be confined to the outer edges
and margins Of the lot, and, az a gen.
eral rule. all shrubbery should be In ir-
regular masses. The eye is not pleas
I'd with the sight Of two clumps of
bushes Of exactly the same size. Above
all, openings should be left wherever
there Is an especially pleasing vista.
Many people make the mistake Of en-
Gtely shutting their gardens In. Vines
and dwarf shrubbery ought to be
planted near the house and the piazza
20 as to bring them into close union
with the green lawn.
"a good list Of shrubs for small
grounds. graceful growth, handsome
In foliage and moderate in size, is the
following: For the background of tall
shrubs. mock oranges. Philadelphus
grandihora and Pyrus coronaria, Hlacs
Of hardy sorts, tall deutzias, shrubby
hibiscuses. viburnums, cornels or dog
woods, snowballs, tartarian honey
suckle, pivets and tall barberries.
For the center Of the beds, which
have been prepared within the
grounds, use medium sized shrubs.
such as japanese ounces. weigelias.
berberis, Thunbergu forsythias, by
drangeas, symphorocarpOs or snow
berry, Rhodotypos kerriOdies and Rosa
rugOsa.
In front Of the borders, making a
transition from the smooth lawns to
s the tall shrubs, plant some of the very
klow shrubs. among which the safest
are Deutzia gracilis. kerria japonica.
sRibes aureaum and spiraeas-
For very cool. shady spots. as under
q clump Of trees, the best varieties are
rhododendrOns, azaleaS and kalmias.
Good shrubby climbers for the piazza
and house are the wistaria, Dutch
mans pipe, Aritolochia siphOakebia,
ouinata. Clematis paniculata, Farqu-
har rose. Sweetheart white climbing
rose and Crimson Rambler rose.
ANY Of the foregoing varieties
which are very useful in the northern
and central portions Of the United
States, may be obtained from good
nurserymen."
So much for the shubbery from
which the amateur landscape archi-
Aact win do well to select the leafy
adoruments of his back yard. But its
n weak enthusiast who will not also
demand flowers. A long series OF
beautiful blooms to keep his garden
brilliant from the first days OF spring
10 late autumn Is what Is wanted
Co be wholly satisfied with our efforts
we must make such q selection thai
when one set Of blossoms goes to seed
another takes its place. And there Is
almost no limit, as Mr.. Cameron states
to the number Of hardy plants that the
amateur can probably use In his gar
denim fact, the greatest danger Il
that he will select too many and cnoke
the open spaces Of his central lawn
Flowers should be of the nature OF
frinees or employed in small masses
the garden picture must have plain
unadorned tracts where the eye VII
rest upon nothing but smooth green
A good sized list Of these hardy piants
has been prepared, and. since II EN-
Lssn. <ha rooults of long experience