Evening star., 1909-05-08
VINES AND SHRUBS
FOR THE CITY HOME

7HE seedSmens and nursery
mems catalogues are a con
slant source Of temptation tt
the man or woman who is plan
ming the decorative gardening
for new place: too frequently the ulti
mate results show poor selection. poor
Judgment as to general effects. and q
badly arranged. overcrowded effect Of the
whole place A new house, set In the
midst Of a yard that is bare of shrub
berry. flowers or trees. and without vine.
on walls or covering foundation, or clam
bering up the posts of verandas. Is sin.
gularly suggestive of a dry goods box ir
meadow; no matter how artistically
planned the house may be, something
lacks to make 1t an attractive home, an6
that something Is the growth Of greenery
that binds the house to It's surroundings
Nowhere else is the amateur gardener sc
likely to err. in one direction or another
as in choosing vines and shrubbery fol
the house and yard. new or old.
If the home owner will adopt scheme
work out all the details of his plan or
paper before setting spade or trowel into
the ground. and then adhere absolutely
and rigidly to the plan, most OF the trou
/ bles that beset the amateur will bs
avoided. There are few Fundamental
rules. the observance of which will &c
far to obviate difficulties and disap
pointment.
1. Never plant a shrub. tree or vine. ol
ject In view or without planning and
considering as to the result the planting
will have in the general effect.
9 Never select shrubbery, vines, trees
or plants on account of a bizarre appear
ance; eschew variegated novelties; avoid
the juxtaposition Of striking contrasts
II you do not, your place will always pre-
sent a jumbled-up, scrambly sort of ap-
pearance-more like a museum, or a sec.
tioh of botanical garden. than the YARD
or grounds of q home.
B. Do not try to do too much In one
year, or In two or three years. One Il
often tempted. when thinking Of beauti.
fully planned and artistically executed
grounds. to make ones own little place q
counterpart. not taking into consideration
the larger space Of the admired garden,
or the fact that possibly score OF years
or more has been required to bring the
place to its present satisfying CONDITION
A. Never lose sight of simplicity. The
best effects-most artistic. pleasing and
altogether satisfactory-are always at
tanned without crowding. forcing or other
wise abandoning the simple, direct way
to the final result
for shrubbery. flower beds or anything
else on small grounds. Such designs are
only suited for large places, and 1t Is q
serious question II they have a rightful
place even there.
For the large place a formal hedge.
close clipped, marking boundaries, Is well
enough. but for the small place even q
low hedge. clipped fiat across the top and
carefully trimmed on the sides. looks out
of place. Such a hedge only accentuates
the smallness of small yards without
having even a utilitarian value to COM
mend 1t. Where the yard is large enough
to permit the setting out Of an irregular
hedge. not intended to be kept clipped
and trimmed. an effect Of spaciousness is
secured by such planting. In this case
the hedge should not follow q rigid. un-
deviating line. Rather set it along your
boundary In haphazard style apparently,
with recesses and projections. BY extra
fertilization cause some of the plants to
make additionally vigorous growth. while
others are cut back or stunted by placing
rather poor gravelly soil about them.
In this manner broken top line Is Sc
cured. This may be heightened tn effect
by interspersing in the hedge a few small
trees of another sort. Juniper goes very
well with box or privet. A hedge Of spi-