Cañon City record., 1910-06-16


gardens. and the work is intensely
fascinating to those who have started
in the work. All we need to do is to
get more people started in this great
work. More definite instructions and
announcement should be given in
our school rooms. We need more
mission work along that line, and es-
pecially out here in the northwest,
where every one is more eager for
making money than comfort Now
and then we see cities where every
one seems to be embued with the
idea of making the city beautiful by
making their own home beautiful.
Sometimes in city one or two fam
lilies in certain parts of the city will
be the missionaries that will convert
that whole section of the city to the
planting OF trees or making gardens
The manner of identifying or lay
ing out Of gardens. of course, differs
with the exposure. the size of the
ground arrangement of buildings, and
dozen other things. Yet as a rule
the planting and arrangement of
trees and plants should not only .hai
monize with the general planting
along the street. but should give a
pleasing effect the surroundings
To have vine covered fences or
clipped hedges to divide off the city
lots destroys pleasing effect
along the streets. and looks very un-
neighborly, to say the least With
all the front lawns along the street
opening into one another there is
procured a harmonious effect. and
1T gives the street the appearance of
a boulevard.
Very pleasing effects can be gotten
in many sections OF the country by
planting castor beans against the
porch or house. with calodiums, can
mas. coleus or geraniums in front of
them. but the best results are gotten
by planting such shrubs as lilacs.
mock orange. high bush cranberries,
altheas, spireas. winebark and Dan
Houtel against the house or porch
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such as weigelIa. Japan ounce. Cali
fornia privet, snowberries. indian
currant. thumberg, barberries, etc,
In front OF the high growing ones,
forming bank OF foliage rising from
the lawn up and against the house
These shrubbery effects are per
manent In character and are almost
as interesting when the twigs are
covered with snow as when in bloom.
Backyard gardens may be made
either ornamental or useful by grow
ing vegetables. or they may be orna-
mental and useful financially. COM
bining the two We may have two
types of ornamental garden: The
purely naturaiistic and the geome
tric or artificial. or formal In the
formal gardens such plants as can
mas. stocks. balsams. castor beans.
calodiums. salvias. four O'Clock. ally
siums. etc. may be used with low
growing plants as borders around in
dividuai masses of the higher grow
/ ing ones. These can be arranged in
squares. circles. stars and other
geometric figures, with heavy grass
lawns between these beds and hedges
Of evergreens. or privet, thunberg,
harberries bordering the lawn and
walks. II the garden is to be less
formal, there should be much open
lawn and no flower beds should be
in the center of the lawn. because
they minimize the size OF the lawn,
and they detract from the compost
ton of the whole.
The natural gardens require the
least attention, as almost all plants
used viii be perernials. They cost
the least 20 maintain and give a
pleasing winter effect. In such gar
dens all unsightly features, such as
sheds. house foundations, porches.
garbage boxes. etc. can be and
should be screened from view by the
proper arrangement OF high growing
shrubs, such varieties as Indicated
for the planting on formal gardens
TO screen porches or houses. etc.
In front OF the shrubery beds. for
forming a bank OF foliage against the
border such plants as hollyhocks.
apemones. columhines. astors. cam
panules, hardy chrysanthemums. cor
eopsis, larkspur. daphneums. sun
flowers, day lilies. paeonies, phlox.
goidenrods. etc. should be used for
making pleasing effect.
In these informal gardens or nas-
ursl gardens there should be plant
ed few trees where they will form