The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-11-08
HOW TO GET
RESULTS N
PLANTING
(By r. T. Wedding, Landscape Archi-
tect)

lead to great faults. The following
points are those most vital i'll secur-
ing a beautiful lawn and will always
make fine place no matter what the
differences between one house and
grounds and another.
Always preserve in one or more
places, according to the location OF
the house, and the form and size OF
the lot. the greatest length of unbrok-
en- lawn possible.
Plant heavily in and near the house
border and on or near the property
lines, giving such deviation from
these lines as will best preserve the
symmetry of the whole composition
and as will not interfere with the
highest utility of your home.
Utility first and then adornment,
for no adornment is right which sacri-
fees something of the first reason for
having a home-use.
Always Two Views.
There is always the view from the
house and the view toward the house.
These may be accented by judicious
planting and utterly spoiled if they
are forgotten or if the material Is |
chosen unwisely.
Place the largest trees where they
will form background for the whole
picture. The same reason exists Tor
this as in landscape painting. Ev-
cry painter knows the imperativeness
of proper background. Landscape
background then, calls for trees at
the rear of the house and on either
side if possible, with the smaller
shrubs in front of them so that the
transition may be rich and symmetri-
cal into the open lawn.
On small lots let the plants be small
too, if cramped for space, especially
il you wish to have much variety Of
shrubs and flowers as too many plants
mean crowding with the certainty
that none will become what they
might if treated right.
There is also, something of artistic
fitness in having plants to fit the lot
Some lots look like little boy in a
mans trousers, because this fitness
is forgotten in designing the plant
ings.
Good But Monotonous
Many paintings are good but monot
onous. This may be avoided by plant
ing both trees and shrubs near Sal
lent Points. This deepens bays ant
recesses and gives the lure of the un
known to what would otherwise be {
tame piece Of composition.
In the small place shrubs should b,
planted closely, to 4 feet apart, 81
that they will form continuou
screen for the double reason that tn
planting should be compact like tn
place and economize space.
A prime element in any piece of al
tistic design is the light and shade
Light and shade enter into a plantin
whether we would or no. The bes
arrangement for the lawn is worke
out with this in view entirely. TIL
house, mass of dark with its nece,
sary trimming of house border, tn
trees and shrubs near the propert
line, repeating the dark, and then tn
open lawn on which all good desigl
ers insist, to furnish the light. An
the proper handling of the light an
dark is the soul of every good pi,
ture.
Plant What We Like
1t too often happens that we plal
everything we like, whether it fits i
to the picture and, worse, we plant
the open space and spoil the prop,
relation of light and dark, of mas
Planting and open lawn. 1t is trl
that plant put into the middle of Il
lawn will plobably do well there {
account of the full sun; but a plan
ing is not for the purpose of gettiI
good plants alone; but for the high,
and more worthy purpose of makir
our homes beautiful and our lives fu
er, richer and more spiritual Son
few persons plant their homes Wi
straight rows of trees and shrubs
but they plant for individual plan
and entirely miss the joy of a hon
in which the light and shade al
rhythmic with the loneliness of prop'
relation.
Walks should be made first for III
and hence, no walks should be co
structed except where there is nee
for them.
Walks are needed to the house an
the service buildings and in lare
they are also needed to the love-
view or the secluded nook which "
save and enjoy. In laying out walk
curves are better than angles, bV
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