Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-03-18

sueCestiors For laying Out Grounds
Ana Planning Attractive
Shrabbcry.
2. ". ANspON,
Maryland Agricultural College.


Are you entirely satisfied with your
home grounds? Have you enyied your
uclghbor who had wei planted yardg
Il 80 now is the tine 10 remedy that
condition. AS the growing season is
tapidly drawing near SIC should have
1ur plan prepared before planting time
comes.
To prepare a plaa S not a difficult
task In fact. it proves q very inter
astlng one, when tire various members
u the family are consulted and their
Views are Incorporated In the plan.
Take the meas u1ements of the
grounGs and transfer them 70 a good
piece of drawing paper. Locate on the
plan All existing objects as house
5uild.ne foucer, trees, walks, etc.
Flis should be drawn TO scale. II we
dae the scale one inch equals twenty
feet every inch on The plan viii repre-
sent twenty feet Of the grounds.
With this plan before You il Is a
simple matter 10 view The whole area
Rt a glance. Here one can only study
tBe relation Of one part 10 the other.
Those paintings that have not pleased
as can be changed, and so arranged
that they win make more pleasing eff
rects
Where trees are too crowded this
should be indicated on the plan. New
groupings changes ia The walks, in
TACT any work that Is TO be done on The
grounds should be indicated on this
plan. Then we viii have a clear rec
ord of the changes TO be made. All
the work does not have to be done at
once II limited funds are available
a portion of tho work can be done This
spring, the rest later without a plan
this would be impossible No mind
can carry a definite. plan from one
year to the next We are prone to at
tempt details hat are found in other
gardens without considering the zen.
eral arrangement from which these
details are taken Consequently a
poor garden is the result. Every gar
den should be a picture. One definite
idea should be carried out: all other
IDEAS should be subordinate to This
main one.
Make Your Own Plan.
One should select The style of gar
dening one wishes to follow and ad
here to that style
For most conditions the informal
tyle is best Ia arranging our pan
according to this tyle there are sew.
eral general principl should be
considered
l. 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
8. Arrange the groups In irregular
borders, not I'm straight lines. To
unite the buildings with the grounds
vines and foundation paintings of
shrubs are useful Thereby the
angular lines Of the foundations can be
conceded
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 il. 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. hicll.
cries. tulip popular sweet gum. black
gum, etc.
With so many plants to select from
that are perfectly hardy there is no
reason why we should select tender
plants Frequently we see such plants
that are tied up in straw and burlap.
during the winter to prevent THEN
freezing.