The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-02-29
sv Emil Hansen, Florist at Z
Utah Agricultural
College

When speaking or thinking OF
home. we all more or less are touch
inc a tender string in our heart. We
are not thinking merely of the house
but the home surroundings is the
living picture appearing in our men,
DRY.
II is pleasant to think of a home
framed with shade trees, Shrubs,
roses and other flowers, and every
body, young or old, enjoys looking
at a well kept piece of ground be it
large or small.
The humble house surrounded with
lawns and trees gives one more of
the impression of home than does
the mansion without these be it ev-
er so expensive 1t will look cold and
uninviting.
Yet we have many places through.
out the state where the spirit of
Improvement has not yet reached.
or course we have reasons to be
lieve that many wish to improve
their home surroundings, but on &C.
count Of conditions, such as lack
of water, etc., are unable to do So,
while others with a little extra work
and little expense would be able
to beautify their homes and increase
their value.
mi ortn ~ land
scape gardening, such as the English
French and italian. These are more
or less formal than Is the natural
landscape gardening, but the writer
does not attempt to suggest any set
style. Every house and its sur
roundings should suggest its own de-
sign, the designer should form his
or her own original idea in accord
ance with the situation.
However, there are certain princi.
pies to be followed in every case as
to the arrangement and planting Of
trees and shrubs to secure a salts
factory result. The general layout
OF the ground should be open. This
means shrubs and bushes should
be planted in groups along the fenc-
es or around the house or some corn
er Of the lawn. The bushes should
be arranged in accordance with their
growth, so that the lowest growing
shrubs are planted in the outside
row and by planting them irregular
" with a distance Of from four to
eight feet apart according to the
growth Of the plants, natural ap'
pearance is given them. The ain
should be to make the planting ap
pear as IL 1t had naturally grown
there.
Bushes should not be planted or
the lawn along the walks; the lawn
should as much as possible be Kept
open, with the exception of sin
uoyuM 'sIeql pus eIsq esIl uMBI els
under certain conditions gives a
good effect. For this purpose the
writer would suggest the use of any
of the following varieties. such as
the Colorado blue spruce, double flow
ering hawthorn, camperdown elm
(weepins), cutleaved birch, (green o
purple leaved) and mountain ash,
AS a help in selecting variety o
shrubs the following ere mentioned
which IL planted together will giv'
a variation in color, time of boom
ing and in color of the foliage:
Cytisus labournum golden chain
yellow; prunus pissardii, purple lea'
ed; lilac in various colors; althea Il
various colors: berberis thumbergi
yellow flowers, corral red berries
berberis atropurpurea. purple leayed
cydonia Japonica Japanese ounce
early red; weigelia, red, white an
pink; forsythia, yellow; hydrange'
late towering; lonicera, pink; Phi''
delphia tmock orange), white: deu
zia white and pink; ribes aurea, we
low; sambucus nigra (elderberrS
white flowers, black berries; samb
Gus racemosa, white flowers, red be
ries, sambucus aurea folia variagat
yarigated leaves; spirea sorbifoli
white; spirea Won hautii (brid'
wreath) white; wibornum opol
sterile (snowbalD; tamarix, pink;
The. question often arises as
what kind OF shade and ornament
trees to plant. There are many
rieties in the market and for gent
al purposes the following are mo
or less common but always give go
satisfaction:
Norway maple, green and purI
leaved; ash; European elm; sy'
more; European and American