The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-04-07
HORT|CULTURAL|ST
URGES TREE PLANTING
APPEAL TO MOSCOW CITIZENS
TO BEAUTIFY HOMES is MADE
BY UNIVERSITY MAN.

only asks CnaC trees, SHRUBS n
flowers be planted but has given a
list of those best adapted for various
purposes. His article follows:
To make the home a better place in
which to live should be the desire of
This can be best accomplished by the
planting of trees, shrubs and flowers.
There is nothing more lamentable
than a house standing out in it's
~nakedness exposed to the severe
storms of winter md the heat of
summer.
Furthermore, man yves it to his
family and community to develop his
property. 1t is a public duty as well,
for any community that has pleasing
homes, made attractive by simple
paintings is an inviting location for
people to settle. Since we have the
soil and climate, Moscow can be made
one of the most beautiful cities here
in the Northwest. With an expendi-
ture of a few dollars on our part this
can be accomplished.
In arranging the paintings we
should as far as possible avoid the
artificial method of planting or the
planting in straight lines. The for
NAL planting is not suited to our
homes and conditions of climate.
All planting, therefore, should be
naturalistic and resemble as far as
possible the work of nature. All of
us experience a certain feeling of
restfulness and relaxation when out
among natural growing things, thus
the desire on part, after the
strain of office or housekeeping to
get out into the woods and parks dur
ing the spring and summer.
We should remember that the prin-
ciple of unity is very important IN
identifying the grounds, hence the
entire place should be so treated as
to resemble a picture. With this in
mind the house should be the central
figure with subordinate features
grouped around it. To secure this
picture effect, the first thing to strive
for is a large open front lawn. A
beautiful open lawn with a border
and back ground of trees and shrubs
is always a pleasing and refreshing
Scattering trees and shrubs
promiscuously over the lawn should
be avoided as it tends to break it up
many individual parts.
The correct method Of landscape
architecture therefore consists in
mass paintings around the base of
the buildings, and may be grouped
about the functions or curves In the
walks and about the boundaries and
of the property. This plant
ng of shrubs and trees tends to tie
he house to the surroundings. The
aller shrubs should always be plant
ID in the back ground or in the CEN
of the group with the medium
lied and dwarf kinds in front. Also
n selecting the shrubs for the group
lantings choose those which will
loom early followed by those that
I'LL carry their blossoms throughout
[ardy Flowering Shrubs For Group
Planting
The following group of flowers,
living name, height when fully
rown, time Of Towering, color Of :
and habit of growth are given :
Glow:
Japanese Burberry, a it., June,
elbow, spreading.
Lemoine's Deutzia, 3 it., May,
hite, spread-arch.
Weigela rosea, 6 it,, May-June,
Fortunes Golden Bell, 8 IT,, April,
GLOW, erect.
Althea or Rose of Sharon, $40 it.,
lly-Sept., various colors, erect.
Tartarian H~oneysuckle, 5 it., May
Inc, pink, erect-spreading.
Mock Orange, 10 it., May, white,
reading.
Spirea Van Houttei, 6 IT,, May,
bite, sp~read-erect.
Common Lilac, 1918 IT,, May, pur-
s~pread-erect.
Common White Lilac, s it,, May,
lite, erect-spread.
8 it., April, pink, erect.
1915 IT,. May-June,
lite, sp~read-erect.
Climbing Vines
Virginia, Creeper.
Ivy.
.lematiS.
Shrubs For Hedges
Japanese Burberry.
Japanese Rose.
5pirea Van Houttei.
California Privet.
Amoor River Privet. ~
Arbor-Vitae. -
Roses For Cut Flowers =
fran Karl Druschki (white.)
Mrs. John Laing (pink.)
Jackqueminot (crimson.)
dadame Caroline Testout ~(si1very
k.)
'aul Neyron deep rOse.)
Rambler climbing bright
nsOn.)
Lawn Grass Mixture Per Acre
kentucky Blue Grass, % lbs.
Bent Grass, 25 lbs.
White Clover, 8 lbs.
Trees
'orway Maple, Mountain Ash, Rus-
/ Olive, Black Locust, Colorado
9 Spruce, Arbor Vitae, Scotch
and F1Owering Grab.
JOTTINGS FROM JOEL
rs. Ora Mcbride is in Lewiston
week, having motored there with
brother, Bert Vantvanter.
A. Keene was in Moscow on
last week
Shepard has bought q new
inc tractor at Moscow and expects
tart farming In about = week