Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-22
GETTING THE MOST OUT OF THE GARDEN.
Hints on Planning and Planting.

Before starting the garden thi. year.
decide first what the main feature is to
he. II roses are chief favorltes the site
Of the rose garden should first be chosen;
IL the mixed border OF hardy flowers and
the rock garden give greatest pleasure,
the best position ought to be theirs;
should moisture-loving plants be prefer
red, then the pool or pond or streamlet
VIII have pride OF place. II is we'll to ar
range for some predominant feature,
ctheswise the same kind of plants are
apt to he scattered, n few roses here. A
fow more farther ON, and the finished
garden proves to he sadly lacking in rest
f%ulness. which is. or should be. its great
est charm. One Of the chief ways to
ensure an attractive garden is to keep
the same kind Of flowers together: so, II
YOU grow roses. put them IN separate
beds, and make a rosc garden, and keep
the herbaceois plants and bedding plants
and other things also in beds or borders
devoted solely to them.
II goes without saying that the favorite
flowers should have the best place, and
that, 80 far as concerns the majority
OF plants. is in the sunshine. Give them
that which YOU yourself are striving for
"a place In the sun" Both the gar
dener and the flowers will then he happy,
the flowers because they like Il and need
It. the gardener because he delights to
500 them lusty and Astounding In blossom.
Having decided the position Of the chief
feature. whether rock garden. rose gar.
den. mixed flower border, or perhaps all
Of them IL there il room. tho next thing
to consider is the outlook.
If the garden looks upon a meadow,
with trees and undulatins country in the
distance. it is obvious that no sane per-
son would wish to shut out such a view.
Rather, by skilful planting. should he en-
deavor to hring it into the scheme; so
blend the garden with its surroundings
that tho visitor cannot. without search
ing. say where one ends and the other
begins. If. however. the garden is UNI
luck enough to have bricks and mortar
for its near envirGLment, matters assume
a different complexion. Yet, curiously
enough, in such circumstances similar
treatment Is needed Probably the first
thought OF the unskilled amateur, in the
one case. would ne to shut out the bricks
and mortar. With a dense planting Of
shruhs, and. in the other. to expose the
Who'll" OF his garden, including the o =
diary wall. for the country view. }Iis
method would he fundamentally wrong,
for the result would be to define in un-
mistakable fashion the limits of his plot.
His aim should be just the reverse--to
try to conceal its extent-and this is not
accomplished. by shutting IN the garden
b. means of a dense belt OF shrubs. 1t
Is done by planting in such a way that
tho surroundings. whether attractive or
otherwise. are yelled.
It is surprising how well, 60 take an
extreme instance, even a prosaic Chin
neY looks when YOU merely get 4 glimpse
Of it through the gracefully stirring
bra nc hes OF some ieafv or blossom-laden
tree, and II the tree is chosen carefully.
how the screen varies as the seasons
pass. In winter the chimney ma show.
perhaps too plainly. through the naked
shoots. in early spring he dimmed by
the bloom-clustered groTths OF almond.
Towering plum, o. cherry; in summer
almost lost to view: In autumn again
show casually through a patchwork of
sold and red and brown. or. perhaps one
sees it through a vista formed by a little
avenue of trees. that seem. ny the mar
row space enclosed, to nave placed it