Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-01

end Of the stem. BY allowing all buds
to come to maturity. one has a lot OF
small. inferior blooms. When bloom
Ing, h peony requires much water to
get h best results and the largest
blooms. Next~in importance in beau
tifying is the hollyhock, properly plac-
ed. Nature has been very lavish in
color. and texture of bloom, but their
extreme size and height renders them
especially fitted to be seen from a dis
lance. Placed at the end of a vista,
or forming a background for lower
growing plants. Their dazzling colora
BATTLE description. A. covering OF
coarse material, tomato tops. potato
tops or coarse, dry straw. with some
thing heavy to keep 1t down, Is all the
covering required for winter.
"Perennial phlox is another very de.
sirable plant, covering a somewhat
peony, but more difficult to handle.
They require a very porous soil, that
all moisture may be prevented from
forming at the root; they should be-
planted in trenches at least Is inches
deep, the bottom Of which should be
filled In six to eight inches with Gin
ders, then covered. with soil and the
plants set on the soil and we'll firmed
down. This will keep surplus moist
uA0 AAoAA 1IllLlk dEOunO the fCOCS,
In excessively wet weather.
"~Delphinium, commonly called lark.
spur, Is a very satisfactory member
OF the hardy family. 1t has the happy
faculty Of adopting itself to its sur
r~oundings, is very hardy, grows and
thrives in almost any good, rich soil,
and while 1t responds readily to good
treatment. it will stand abuse if not
persisted In too long. The Chinese and
japanese varieties seldom grow to ex-
coed 80 inches high and very branch
ing. The improved English strains at
tain a height Of from 4 to 6 feet, bear
ing Towering stems from IL to 80
inches long, varying in color from
pale turquois to the deepest purple,
The other varieties include white and
shades Of blue. The Columbine, OF
which there are many beautiful va
r.eties, grow from one and q half to
three feet In height and have some
very beautiful colors in the late hy-
birds. Campanula. or Canterbury
bells. makes a good showing; in color
pink. Digitalis, or fox glove; Gillardia
and Coreopsis-lanceolata, are other
herbaceous plants that make attract
i've showing in groups. Abe Iris, one
Of u early spring flowers, luxur.ates
In semi-shade, with rich soil, and re-
qutres abundance Of moisture during
the blooming season. The roots
should be lifted and divided at least
once In four years to obtain the best
results. All herbacious plants are the
better for some loose covering in win
ter, not 20 much to protect them from
extreme cold as to prevent too sudden
freezing and fhAwing during early
spring. Besides trees. shrubs and
blooming plants, another form of or
namentAtion Is the hedge. A we'll
kept hedge gives character, trim and
finish to the lawn and adds effective
variety to the landscape. The shrubs
best adapted to this climate are the
buckthorn and Russian Peatree.
A to vines, the Boston ivy grows
and thrives best II given q southern
exposure. The woodbine or Virginia
creeper 10 . rapid grower. rich n col
or. and stands any exposure without
individual tastes and fancies enter
into any Artistic work, and probably
nowhere do they make themselves al
strongly felt as in gardening and, UNI
less We arc proven artists OF great
ability, We will do well to guide these
tastes and fancies by certain rules
proclaimed, and it will Be we'll to re-
member that experience often teach
es ways Of attacking problems which
IN much easier, though often differ
ent, from the instructive way.
."In all forms or artistic composition
this 10 b first and gr~eatestrule. Con-
stder the composition As . whole. to
begin with, and do not concern your
5ssif with detail until tho large maaDea
have bsen completed and satisfactorily
arranged. In our plan Of Identifying,
let Us not forget the evSrHr6sn, which
are 70 valuable on account OF their
beauty In winter. when the rest Of the
garden 10 waste"