Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-16

plans. and thus taking an integral
part in a great work
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| The observer leans over the trel-
| Used back fence running from post
!, to post, lost in wonder that SO much
beauty could exist without his hav.
| ing known of it. Here he had been
| looking for. a, place treated in this
| fashion for years and had never seen
| one. Yet all the time here it was,
! Here a huge tree stump. perhaps a
! yard across, is utilized as post for
| the fence. A man with less magma
| ton might have fenced the stump in
| or left it outside and thus lost the
| touch of novelty it's use gives. 1t is
| Just such stunts" as this that make
| a place honey" Such usage too, is
| in harmony With the best modern
practice OF landscape gardening.
| While the observer does not make
| the mistake of believing this to be
any plan worked out by professional
artist in such work, he does believe
nay, is reasonably certain--that the
man or woman who planned this
place in it's entirety was student
Of garden literature.
| There aR too many touches here,
seen even in a cursory glance such
as this, as one admiringly gapes over
| the trellis, for them to be the undi-
| luted effort of one person.
What some one has done, however,
or, better, what one family has done
is to incorporate the best ideas from
books and magazines with good ideas
of their own, the whole worked out
in an individual manner.
The observers guess is that there
Sc,
plot. The house stands over to one
side; the main gardening is done to
the south: most effective use of
trellis, painted green mot white). is
made throughout.
The trellis is one of the hardest
pieces of garden furniture" there is
to handle. Many authorities advise
the home gardener to leave it out en-
tirely, except for occasional use.
This. like most rules, may be VIC
lated by those who know how. That
is the only rule. One has to know
how! With knowledge the gardener
may violate all the precepts in Mrs.
Kings books.
The observer would dislike to esti-
mate how many running feet of trel-
lis are used in this yard. There are
hundreds of feet of it, however, and
every inch of it in good taste. This
happy result is secured not only by
proper placement. but also by reason
of the comparative lowness and by
the size of the squares"
In the rear portion, which seems to
be the clothes yard, there are planted
iris and peonies, all doing well at
this writing. This will be a beauty
place in another month or two.
1t would take great many more
minutes at the fence than the observer
can give it to see adequately and thus
be able to describe the other good
points of this effective yet simple home
property.
The main thing Is that there is
nothing there that cannot be used to
greater or less extent by almost any
home owner Roses, iris, peonies,
gladioli these latter later)-any one
may have these. Any owner, If he
tries, may make good use of natural
good points. Any home lover may
keep his grounds in good condition.
Any one may use a bit of trellis
effectively.
All this, of course, If
Our own "if" is simply this: If the
owner of this property should read
here and recognize this description,
we would appreciate line from him
to that effect and the correction of
any mistakes we may have made.