The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-02-27

Beautiful City Does Not De-
pend on Expensive Build
ings But on Care and Good
Taste.
CLEANING IS FIRST
~ BASIL WALTERS.


A beautiful Richmond is made
possible only through beautiful
homes.
Beautiful homes depend not so
much upon expensive houses as
upon carefully kept yards and
paint literally applied to build
ings at proper intervals.
While April is the month
fixed by nature for intensive
work in the propaganda of home
Identification and home garden
ing, plans must be laid before
hand to get the best results.
Start Plans Early This Year.
March arrives this week. Then
April is only thirty days away
Now is the time to start.
Plan the work
In April. work the plan.
DO 1t yourself. You will appreciate
it more.
Plan the whole yard. Set aside the
place in the rear for vegetables and
rarden truck which has been described
~ this column as a method of cutting
6cwn the high cost Of living. Keep the
yard beautiful" idea in mind while
planning the garden.
Then plan the Identification Of the
remainder of sthesyasl aad- Of the
hcusc.
Started Whsn Robin Appeared.
Foregoing is summary Of the ad.
vice Mr. Average Richmond Citizen
has been wanting to get out OF his sys-
tenn ever since the robin was seen at
Milton.
The first thing on the home beauti-
fication program comes cleaning. Soap
brushes, carpet beaters, wall paper
cleaner, step ladders, brooms and
rakes will probably be needed.
Paint will probably be needed on the
exterior Of some buildings and fences.
Paint literally applied at proper inter.
walls prolongs the life and value of
buildings. experts declare.
Citizens need not wait for the an
nual cleanup week. Nor should they
quit work when this week is over.
Leave the Lawn Open.
Then comes the landscape garden
ing. The following do" and "don'ts"
have been borrowed from books on
landscape gardening subjects:
Don't break it up with flower beds.
It Is easier to cut the grass and looks
better.
Keep simple. Don't overload.
Plant against the house and bound
aries. Vines and shrubbery tie the
house to the ground.
Screen Objectionable views and OBJ
jects.
When spacing and locating shrubs,
keep in mind the mature size Of plants.
Place low growing plants under win
dows, larger ones In blank spaces.
Don't plant freaks.
Plant to Obtain Full Effect.
Don't alternate varieties but plant
enough OF one kind together to get the
full effect and beauty Of that plant.
Select and place plants to get good
combination Of height, color and
season OF bloom.
Don't plant in straight lines or rows.
Nature abhors straight lines and
breaks them up as soon as possible.
Curves are more beautiful and give
variety.
II you can't afford hardy plants and
ANIMALS both. get the hardy plants first
They are permanent investments.
A combination of flowers and shrubs
is best.
In the back yard use berries and
small fruits in the place Of Towering
shrubs. They are useful and may be
used to give good effects as borders.
Pvt bulbs and other herbaceous flow.
e.;ng plants in front Of the shrubs
rather than in separate beds and in
formal gardens.
Take plenty Of time in planning.
Make no unnecessary holes in the
lawn With months planning, you
will plant in April what will please
you later in the summer.