Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

Are you entirely satisfied with your !
home grounds: Have you envied your |
neighbor who had a well planted yard. |
II so, now is the time to remedy that
condition. AS the growing season Is
rapidly drawing near. we should have !
our plan prepared before planting time
comes To prepare a plan is not diff
fcult task. In fact. 1t proves very
one when the various mem
bers Of the family are consulted and
their views are incorporated in the
plan.
Take the measurements of the
grounds and transfer them to good
piece OF drawing paper. Locate on the
plan all existing objects, as house.
buildings, fences. trees. walks. etc.
This should be drawn to scale If We
use the scale one inch equals twenty
feet every inch on the plan will rep
resent twenty feet of the grounds.
simple matter to view the whole area
at a glance. Here one can only study
the relation of one part to the other
Those paintings that have not pleased
that they will make more pleasing ef-
fects.
Where trees are too crowded this
should be indicated on the plan: New
groupings. changes in the walks In
fact, any work that is to be done on the
grounds-should be indicated on this
plan. Then we will have a clear rec,
ord of the changes to be made. All
the work does not have to be done at
once. If limited funds are available
a portion of the work can be done this
spring. the rest later Without a plan
this would be impossible. NO nina
can carry definite plan from one
tempt details that are found in other
gardens without considering the gen.
eral arrangement from which these de-
tails are taken. Consequently a poor
garden is the result; Every saraen
should be a picture. One definite idea
should be carried out: all other ideas
should be subordinate to this main
one.
One should select the style of gar
dening one wishes to follow and ad-
here to that style. For most condi-
tons the informal style is best. In
arranging our plan according to this
style there are several general primer
pies that should be considered.
I. Keep the centers open. This pro-
vides for a large expanse OF lawn.
which serves as a background upon
which to make the picture by means OF
trees. shrubs and flowers
2. plant in masses. In this style we
desire the effect Of the mass rather
than the individual plant
3: Arrange the groups in Irregular
borders, not in straight hinges. To unite
the buildings with the grounds vines
and foundation paintings of shrubs are
useful. Thereby the angular lines of
the foundations can be concealed.
Send to reliable nurserymen for their
catalogues From these select the
plants wanted. Great pleasure can be
derived from groupings of native
plants There are many native plants
in this state that lend themselves to
planting in the home grounds. Among
these may be mentioned button bush,
towering dogwood. arrowwood. fringe
tree, elders alders, wild azalea, noun
tain laurel. oaks. pines. naples. hick
cries, tulip poplar. sweet gum. black
gum, etc With SO many plants to Sc
iect from that are perfectly hardy there
is no reason why we should select ten
der plants Frequently we see such
plants that are tied up in straw and
burlap during the winter to prevent
Coating the seed of lesumes with In
oculated soil before planting is a
simple method of insuring soil inocula-
ton at slight cost. County agents in
illinois have found ordinary furniture
gIne st,active In holding narticies of
inocu,.ted soil tn the seeds This meth
nd gives each individuaI seed some Of
the narticIeS of inocmIated soil which
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banSfnis Of furniture cline for every
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s ai,,ti Vi ooias d.. an anu aii1" me
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not 10 wet IL tone quart per pusnei Is
suncieht) ana sur the mixture tnor-
oushiy until all the seed are moistened |
secure the inoculated soil from a place |
Where the same kind OF plants as the
seeds are growing. making sure that
the roots have vigorous develop |
ment of nodules. Dry the soil in the
shade. preferably in the barn or base |
ment. and pulverize it thoroughly into !
a dust Scatter this dust over the
moistened seed, using from one half to |
one gallon of dirt for each bushel of |
seed mixing thoroughly until the seed
no longer stick toyether The seed arc
then ready to SOW
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poor 10 grow corn profitably that soy
om s9cn SONS Wnen lnocuiated and fer
t ~ WIN Httie inexpensive fertilizer.
.rey VII produce nearly as much forage
IT,, I'll, 90. wen Grown on rlch land
~ 80, ~ III sly ep as wen as cow peas ,
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