Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-04-20

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yards and lawns with an idea of per
NANCY.
What are you going to do with a
yard that is for the most part merely
hole in the groundy asks home
owner.
Now a hole in the ground is often
ideal for a very beautiful development
and one that a professional landscape
architect delights to find.
| By all means, save ''the hole" Then
work out a pretty sunken garden. 1t
is something that is easily made, and
may be inexpensively managed.
The sides of the depression may b..
terraced and planted with flowers and
greenery; or, il you wish, the terrace
or steps may be heavily seeded in blue
grass and a space left ut the bottom
for a van-colored flower bed; n foun-
tain, il you wish.
II you have a lawn-beautifying
scheme that contains an idea for &
fountain, cement the base Of the de-
preston. Often this is done by mere
| ly making bed of gravel, then cover
ing with thoroly moistened cement or
line il with a drainage tank.
IL the yard is large, walk leading
to the sunken garden may be bordered
with shrubs or trees; the latter pre-
I ferabie. Ii the length permits, seats
may be placed alternately along the
way.
Colorado fora in itself offers such
magnificent opportunities for decora-
tive purposes, even in the higher al
titudes, that a handsome lawn and
yard should be the rule here, rather
than the exception.
The mistake many property owners
make is letting the yard go until the
last thing, and then when the beauti-
flying begins, merely to plant annuais
instead of building permanent deco.
rative scheme for the future.
No matter how beautiful the resi-
dence may be, the beauty of it is sad
ly marred by commonplace surround
ings. Many homes bordering on the
edge of town contain block of
ground. If one has an opportunity to
decide just where the house shall be
built, SO much the better; but if one
purchases a place already laid out, the
only thing to do is to go to work and
endeavor to improve 1t.
Arbor Day, now close at hand, sug-
gests planting of trees. A woman re-
marked not long ago that man Will
set a tree any place and often the
women folks have a hard time getting
it set Just where they want it. The
setting of trees is in itself work of
art and something that should be care
fully considered. First of all, we are
of the opinion it pays to experiment
with large trees rather than saplings.
II has been our experience to work for
numberless seasons in somewhat
arid country endeavoring to get the
young trees started. Our successful
experiment came when, in a spirit of
Encouragement, we decided to buy
the biggest trees we could get. I'M
agine our happiness when the trees
grew-every one of them-and were
larger at the time of planting than ous
saplings would have been had they
lived. However, for those who persist
in using the small trees, plant them IN:
sufficient numbers to make showing I;
then II they grow, and increase ia
size, there can be thinning out.
There is nothing more beautiful
than the pines and cedars, but they
should be placed in position where
q lawn is not essential. Set at corn
ers, or banked against porch corner,
| they will add tremendously to the ap-
! pearance Of place. 1t is mistake,
however, to place pine or cedar in
the center of lawn, as grass will
not thrive where there is continual
dropping of pine needles. II, how
ever, the lawn is very spacious and 1t
is desired to make rookery, or tel.
garden, or arrange a coZy nook for
lettering, then the pines can be group
ed, the space beneath graveled and
seats placed just outside the gravel
border.
A man who recently built palatial
residence, placed the house near the
front of the grounds, then laid out the
back of the yard in three separate
terraces. He knew the artistic oppor-
tunities the place offered, yet the real
tor who sold the place, will tell you
that hundreds of people turned that
piece of ground down because of the
deep, hollow in the rear which occu-
/ pied more than half of the tract. This
owner laid out the grounds in three
terraces; the first was on a level with
the house; the second dropped five
feet and was outlined with an arbor
and benches placed at intervals. Be
low was the third garden, which was
ornamented with shrubs against a row
Of poplars. Planted against the pop.
lars was row Of spirea hedge, all Of
which encloses the three sides Of the
rear.
Owners should also take it upon
1 themselves to care for the frontage of
their grounds. In some cities there
is an ordinance prevailing that the
care Of all property extends to the
middle Of the roadway. This gives
one IN opportunity to beautify tn
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