Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-04

OF HOMES, PARK
BOARD DESIRE
Identification Suggestions Are
Contained in Bulletins
Issued.
PLAN TO HELP OWNERS

Hints for home Identification and the
pruning Of fruit bushes are contained in
bulletins of the special service of the
city park department. issued today.
The bulletins are as follows:
Your home is your house plus its sur
roundings.
Does your house stand bold and bare
upon the lot?
Is it dull and gray in winter and In
the summer is it without the GOODNESS O
shade or leaves?
Are the corners of your lot full OF
rubbish or useless 'junk?"
What is the outlook from your din
ing-room or living-room windowsi
Do you deprive your family Of flowers
because you do not like them or because
you do not wish to care for them?
What can you do to make the outside
of your house more pleasing?
What can you do to the place to mike
1t more pleasing and bring more hap
piness to those who live in it day by
day?
FIRST CLEAN
UP PLACE.
If you would have a change come over
your place follow the notes given. First
of all clean up the place. No landscape
development can hide the ugliness of dirt
and disorder. Roses and lilacs want
something better than background OF
cans and bottles. When you sweep out
the corners of your yard and hang again
the hsagging fences you will be ready for
the planting of trees, shrubs and flow
ers, not before.
Renew the lawn. Nothing adds to the
appearance Of a place as a smooth, we'll
kept lawn. Bring In a few trees and
shrubs properly grouped and placed, and
these with the sunlight and shadow on
the lawn will almost complete the
picture.
Trees, well selected and located, ara
necessary to frame the views, both from
the windows of the house and from the
street. and to give shade and protection
to the house.
Shrubs are needed to separate the diff
ferent portions of the lawn and yard, to
hide ugly barns and fences, to screen
off undesirable foreign views, and to
seem to hold the house to the ground
Flowers are needed to bring back an in
timacy with nature.
The Special Service, Department Pub
lie Parks will give instruction and adj
vice along these lines upon application,
they will make appointment and go
over your place with you in detail. In,
order to make our city rank foremost
in appearance of homes it behooves the
citizens to take advantage of this service
and beautify their home and surround
ings to the better enjoyment of them
selves and for the community in general
PRUNING FOR
SMALL FRUIT.
The small fruits, such as currants,
gooseberries. blackberries and raspber-
ries, should be attended to at this time
if they have not had previous attention.
All the old and superfuous canes should
be removed, along with those that show
any appreciable signs Of insects or dis
ease. In removing these canes they
should be removed as close to the ground
as possible and all removals should be
burned so as to eradicate as much -
possible the insects and diseases tl
infest these particular fruits. If thea
old canes are left they will robe tI
young and vigorous shoots of some
tally and affect the size and quality
fruit to a certain extent.
The ground should be cultivated be
tween the rows which viii stimulate I'd
plants generally and conserve the mois
ure present in the soil. The removal
the dead, weak and diseased canes al
facilitates the picking to a decided g
tent. If the plants have not been fert
| lied ii would be best to give an
plication Of weu-rotted manure and se'F
in we'll For further instruction and
advice along horticultural lines generally
call special service, department public
parks.