The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-07-07

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by little care and attention to lawn
and trees and shrubbery have devel-
oped beautiful effects.
When we speak Of beaut1fying the
home grounds our first thought is to 60
Immediately to landscape gardener
and turn the whole matter over to him.
This will do very well In case you have
sufficient means to warrant and also
In case you are so situated that you
can easily change your present home
grounds and make them what a land
scape gardener would want.
The object Of this article is not to
supplant the landscape gardener. for
we all owe too much to him to inter.
fere in any way with his calling. But
our object Is to suggest some way by
which it may be possible to supple
ment what you already have about
your home in order to bring out the
lines of beauty and charm and make
your home a delight and satisfaction
to your family and your friends.
II you call in a good landscape gar
dener his first observation will be the
general lay Of the ground and size of
the lot. Then he Will gradually begin
to evolve gentle curves and angles. q
tree here, certain shrubs there and an
open grass plot in front or at the side.
In the making Of his outlines the land
scape gardener may wreck some Of
your own cherished plans.
Where you may have had some
straight and angular road In mind he
will advise a gentle curve. and where
you may wish to go directly he may
choose to lay out the path by gentle
detour which would make possible
some splendid effects in shrubbery or
trees. If your house is already thick
ly surrounded by trees he may advise
a liberal use Of the Ak for the health
and brightness of the home.
There are three important divisions
in all landscape gardening - namely,
the house, the lawn and the trees and
shrubs. II you are building you will
Of course lay out your ground and To-
cate your house In such a way as to
make 1t At in most effectively with
your plans for lawn and shrubbery.
Too many people build the house first
and think about the arrangement OF
the place afterward. An hour or more
with pencil and paper, sketching out
your ground from different angles, will
mean more in the final outcome than
you can easily imagine.
Right here we want to emphasize as
strongly as we may that just as sur
prising results, in small way at
least, can be achieved with small lot
and q cottage as with q mansion on
large grounds. It will require more
brains to arrange the small lot effec-
lively than the large one.
Simplicity and dignity are the two
words that give the keynote to all sue
cessful work In the arrangement Of
the home grounds. After the buildings
have been located ana the grounds
properly graded the next step Is to de-
termine the question Of driveways and
walks.
These must depend very largely
upon the nature OF the grounds and
the convenience Of the people using
them. It will be found that any at
tempt to establish q walk around and
out Of ones way will defeat its own
ends, and the lawn will suffer as a re-
suit, especially 80 II the walk is used
for practical purposes. This does not
necessarily mean that the walk
should be laid in q straight line. but
that It should start and end at the
most natural points.