Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-22
MAKING HOME BEAUTIFUL
Suggestions for a Summer Setting Of
Lawns and Flowers.
NATURES COLORs REWARD INDUSTRIOUS
Pleasure and Comfort Secured NJ
1rining Expenditure of Money
and Energy-What TO Do
and How TO DO II.

the home surroundings proclaim the taste,
skill and energy Of the family. Trees,
lawns, flowers and shrubbery makes a set
ting for a home that delights the eyes
ana Increases the comfort and pleasure OF
the family.
The season for making a start in beauu-
flying home surroundings is at hand and
few suggestions in that line will prove
helpful
l.. c. Corbett, government horticultural
ist at Washington, responding to requests
from civic Improvement clubs for advice
on lawn beaudncation. says: Every de-
vice should be employed when working
with small areas OF ground to give the
lawn as great extent as possible. The
building should be well back the founda-
ton not too high and the grading of the
ground should be slightly convex-that is.
a gentle convex, rolling surface from the
base OF the foundation to the street line
rather than concave. The extent of a lawn
Is also amplihed by preserving as large
areas of unbroken greensward as possible
This means the use of trees and shrubs
only on borders OF margins Of the lawn
rather than promiscuous dotting Of them
over the greensward."
In speaking of grasses adopted to sue
cessfui lawn making the government hor-
ticulturist says:
I'm general. because Of the varied condi-
lions OF shade and moisture existing upon
a lawn as the result of trees, shrubs and
architectural objects. mixtures are more
desirable than pure grasses. The different
degrees OF shade and moisture maintained
in the soil, which result from the presence
of trees. shrubs and buildings afford a
variety Of conditions under which single
qnaciDa ryofId nat ,orodt,ca q uptfor-ro Law
These distractions to the sunlight produce
lights and shades in different parts of the
lawn, so that any difference which may ex-
list in the color of the various grasses In a
lawn mixture is not so obtrusivs as It
would b. were different portions OF the
area made up OF grasses of different hues.
Even II there Is a variation In the tints Of
the green in the different grasses used in a
lawn mixture. this will not be objectionable
unless the lawn becomes patched ana made
up OF one variety in one place and a diff
ferent variety in another
I'm procuring seed for establishing a lawn
too great care cannot be exercised. Pure
seed. OF high termination. is Of great i'm
portance in securing a good stand of grass
Pure seed Is the keynote TO a clean lawn
provided the work of preparing the land
has been efficiently done. Thorough prep
aration involves not merely the mechanical.
treatment Of the soil to reduce Il to proper
seeded, but the use Of weed-free manure
and the adoption Of q course OF treatment
previous te preparInn fer the lawn whlcf
win serve to eradicate weeds. such prep.
aratiou. coupled with pure seed should give
satisfactory stand Of grass which shall
need only the usual care necessary to main
tain a lawn after It is once established
Too much cannot be said in favor of secur
ing pure seed and II possible. specially Sc
lected seed. This is of considerable i'm
portance with light seeds like bluegrass
redtop and seeds OF the bent grasses. II
the case OF bluegrass, select seed which
weighs about twenty-five pounds to tn
bushel. while the ordinary grade Of blue
grass, although It may be called pure, av
erages about twelve pounds to the bushel
Select or recieaned bluegrass is. therefore
the most economical to buy, although tn,
original cost is considerably more than tina
OF Ahe common commercial article"
Plea for Garden Walls.
There are two ways of getting outdoo
privacy at home. II your house is places
on a hillside. says the Atlantic Monthly, yo'
may build a retaining WALL and so provid
yourself with a terrace which lifts yo
above the surrounding country, but sue
rooiess outdoor rooms win be few com
pared with those obtained by building
wall or planting hedge on the levc
ground.
The mere mention of a wall disturbs tn
equilibrium OF many Americans one or tw
actual walls have stimulated the pen {
action and fears of the revival of feud
alisn'' have appeared to warn us that sue
treatment OF our grounds would place u
T.: most precarious condition: but theT
Is the hedge, and II the difference betwee
mineral and vegetable matter will produC
such a calamity as "feudalism." let us b
all means keep to the vegetable and hav
the hedge.
II your hedge is properly planted. wit
the trees not more than one foot apar
your boundary will. in time, be almost Q
protecting as a wall. The evergreen is pre-
cradle. for then you may have a wints
garden. Nothing can exceed In beauty n
deep green hemlock.
The desire for a garden is too old eve
though comparatively new in our oountr.
20 be called a fad. You can leave a pa
OF your grounds open to the public gar
and there indulge in lawn and such iov
ers as will give education and pleasure, bl
II you want a garden to live an and EMO.
and not 10 show to the world as a rare e,
StASt Ati~ AASA AAAAiiA u 10 - 10 enclose Vol
space. The garden should be quite G
personal an AFFAIR as the house.
Flowers Easily Grown by Amateur
The beginner should try TO grow fe
varieties Of flowers and learn their habi
thoroughly. for in shoroughness lies SUI
cess. He should not construct a garde
IN fancy out q highly colored plates
a seed catalogue and expect to produce
In reality 1ut he should choose his plan
with regRrd to the place he win gro
them aId study their needs carefully.
There Is a wealth 70 choose from r,
early spring flowers. for instance, the
arc bulbs Of tulips. jonquils. narcissl, hy1
einths, crocuses, snOwdrOps and squill
Il Is best 70 plant them IN the fall, ths
as soon as spring begins they begin
bloom and produce a surprising amour
OF color.
The crOcuses. snowdrops and sqiIills ms
be planted IN the lawn and moved dow
for they nower very early and win CO.
tinue TO bloom for several years. Jonqui
and narcissi may also be left IN shrubbel
or In grass where they are not cut, Al
they win bloom many years.
The bulbs NAV also be planted in Il
early spring.
Few persons are acquainted with Il
merits OF the gaillardia. or blanket howe
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