The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-12
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Beauty Spots lnBlackfoot
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CHAPTER Three


Sometimes mood to plant and find ourselves so
undecided just what and where would be the best location
the time slips by with the occupation of other necessary duties
until it is late the for any work of this kind
Our town lots are small that if home is situated on
one lots there much for landscape work. and
f each little home is built and and shrubs without
gard those it, there harmony And the
owners of the several homes planned together unless there
standard work to- they feel loss know when thing
lis rightly situated with relation to the surroundings One person
may shade the back door and another would pre-
fer space there would be obstruction the view
One shade the kitchen and keep of the heat
of of the walls and roof while another wants all the light
possible the The persons might about the lots
putting and shrubs random where the passing fancy
would suggest but this lack of standard leads to confusion and
dissatisfaction, lack of interest and then quitting the work
Approaching fully these little annoynces the chapter this week
will be devoted to
Landscape Suggestions
There always choice of plans for municipality adopt
when the consideration Beauty Spo the landscape After
giving careful thought needs ability of lots and blocks
location of houses and buildings and their relation the gen.
era plan of the town the following considered the most feasible
to bring pleasing results
First we will adopt entire block unit plan For the pur
pose of understanding, will illustrate by spposng
this block all belonged person. but that there several
houses the premises that occupied by different families
The wishes improve the entire property to the best ad
vantage The houses already located Next he aside
what be used for the vegetable garden for each home He
plants shade with consideration for the block unit and
each individual home contains careful to plant too
many however Then he considers proper spacing the
lawns and where hube could be placed the best ad
vantage considers the height and proportions each plant will at
in maturity for he is landscape gardener and use
all the judgment at his command.
Then the pernnas which die down the ground every
fall and reach the height of the shrubber In the mean
time he consider where the evegreens could be placed adj
vantage There be vines about each house Bulbs
for early blooming, pane little later, and lastly the
ANNALS seeds that planted each spring The homes he will
paint with coors that bear harmonious relation each other
The buildings will be put good repair and given of
paint that again bears relation the house, if the outbudng
DID, fresh of inexpensive wash each year will be all
that is necessary
Now we have done the children do "play like" of
us owned city block and made the first Beauty Spot Black
foot.
Smaller Units
Perhaps for various may suit adopt the block
unit pan then will the block along the alley and
consider half of it. For this illustration will not play
house. did in the foregoing paragraph instead will
the half block University Immediately below the
Methodist church, between Court and Bingham streets This half
block already occupied by houses whose lovers
of pleasing surroundings and another occupy the center oca
on is under consideration by family of like desires The @oa
on of this section of the inviting for land
cape gardening Whether drives walks al
approached that nteecs University at Court
and Bingham street. this section pleasing anticipation The
houses placed proper distance from the street, the elevation
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