New-York tribune., 1922-10-22
BY Miss z. w. Smith

WhaE fS the SecEet oI Uoa0slNi
home setting2 1t Ia not. as many sup
pose. lavish expenditure for planting,
but good judgment and taste in the
selection and arrangement Of the plaKta
| and trees.
The almost miraculous change in the
| exterior appearance and setting OF the
| Tribune Homo Owners Service Insti-
| tute demonstration house st Larcsa-
mont Garden In the space Of only two
| days' time was due in large measure
to the planting Of trees and shrubs
about the small grounds. Architectur-
ally. John Floyd YeweI has planned a
| little Colonial gem home, as all those
who have visited the house agree, but
| 1t would have been set In barren at
mosphere without the planting about
! IL. All architects as we'll as landscap-
| ing architects and others interested in
+! beautifying the home to-day, agree
| that no house Is really q home without
proper grading and planting.
| Anawalk Nursery was invited By
the Home Owners Service Institute TO
provide tha landscaping and planting
| about the grounds OF Tribune House
| No. G. II was designed by Stephen
| Bradley, our superintendent, and the
accompanying landseaping p!ot plan
explains how he added beauty TO th1s
interesting little house.
Planting for New House Is Problem
Il is a problem, making an effective
! plan for planting the grounds about
| newly built home. This is psrticu,
iarly true when the house is q smaii
one and the grounds are limited In size
/! to 62.6 feet by little over 100 feet
| In depth, the average for suburban and
| town lots.
In the larger area, IL mistakes are
made in planting, they are not so evil
| dent, but in the case of small grounds
| the inappropriate use Of trees, shrnbH.
vines and herbaceous plants for adorn-
| ment is quite discernibie.
| The campaign of The Tribune and
| the Home Owners Service Institute,
as understand it, is the education OF
the prospective home builder in the
plans, the proper use of good materials.
selection OF good sites and the proper
! development of the whole.
| Making the home beautiful Is e
! greater undertaking than it is usually
| thought to be. It is much more than
simply a matter Of external adorn-
ment TO crafty esthetic taste, for It
has q never-endiDg incalculable infiu-
| ence upon those who live within the
house, those who pass by and the en-
tire community. 1t adds greatly to prop
erty values. Also 1t gives keen pleas
ure to all who appreciate beauty, sets
a good example and enhances the civic
pride and good name OF the entire
street and neighborhood, rejecting
/ credit upon the owner.
judgment Rather Than Money
! At the same time this identifying Of
the home is a minor thing, FOR 1t In
wolves less expense than one Is in
! suits. 1t is more 8 matter Of good
j,tdrment and good taste than big
purse.
The 119 trees and shrubs planted
about Tribune House No. 6 may be
purchased for S32a.15 at to-da g mar
ket. The four Norway naples and the
weeping white birch were three-inch
caliper trees. The European small leaf
linden was a four inch caliper. Cedars
were ten feet and eight feet high. Dog
woods we're nine feet and seven feet
/ high. A glance at the accompanying
itemized list OF the trees and shrubs,
with their common and botanical
names, their size and actual cost, will
be Of great interest
/ The delivery and planting charges
would have been considerably less IL
the deciduous trees and shrubs did not
have to be balled for this particular
planting in connection with the Bet
ter Homes Week demonstration. II
these trees had been moved q few
weeks later they would not have need
ed any dlrt on the roots. only the ever
green's being balled. As the leaves
were still green on the deciduoua trees
and shrubs, they were balled at the
Amawalk Nursery In order that thew
would keep their leaves after planting,
The actual cost of delivery B. motor
. truck from the Amawalk Nurseries te
Larchmont and the cost of labor and
! transportation for the men who yers
employed was $160.
A summary of this plant and labor
cost in connection with the landscaping
follows: st''S
Cost OF trees and shrubs. ssaa az
Deiayery by motor truck, ,... 10 no
Labor and transportation for men. So 90
Completion of Tribune House No. a
AZ time when it is always seasonahle
Tor planting or transplating made the
iandscaplng an easy thing to do st the
time with least danger of death or In
jury to any of the trees or shrubs. All
trees, OF course, may be transplanted
IN tbs. spring from the time the frost ia
out OF the ground until the new growth
AZ 1ai duVahced. Near New York. de-
ciduous trees can usually be trans
planted. from the middle of March to
the end of May and evergreana until
the middle Of June.
Evergreens can again be transplanted
during Angst and September as their
rooss make second growth at that
ufne. The fall planting season for
eyergreens and decidueus trees occurs
when the trees become dormant. usu-
ally in October, and lasts until the
ground freezes In December.
Plan is Essential
The first essential in the planting Of
aeme grounda is tho formation Of y
suitable plan. In making this plan the
prlEciipa! things to be considered are
the size of the area, the amount that
tha owner feels he can comfortably
spend for the purpose, soil, exposure.
climatic conditions, psculiarities of the
ate, and this styla Of treatment,
whether formal or natural.
Large suburban or country estatas
should, in order te maintain harmony
and unity, be treated in the natural
style, while smaller places, situated
among others os like dimensions
the average small house Of to-day In
tae city or suburbs can be improved
oest by adopting more formal style.
et artistically natural in effect.