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Along an old
fence a hop vine is a thing of beauty. One might try to rival the woods'
landscape work. For often one sees festooned from one rotted tree to another
the ampelopsis vine.
Flowers may well
go along the side of the building, or bordering a walk. In general, though,
keep the front lawn space open and unbroken by beds. What lovelier in early
spring than a bed of daffodils close to the house? Hyacinths and tulips, too,
form a blaze of glory. These are little or no bother, and start the spring
aright. One may make of some bulbs an exception to the rule of unbroken front
lawn. Snowdrops and crocuses planted through the lawn are beautiful. They do
not disturb the general effect, but just
blend with the whole. One expert bulb
gardener says to take a basketful of bulbs in the fall, walk about your
grounds, and just drop bulbs out here and there. Wherever the bulbs drop, plant
them. Such small bulbs as those we plant in lawns should be in groups of four
to six. Daffodils may be thus planted, too. You all remember the grape
hyacinths that grow all through Katharine's side yard.
The place for a
flower garden is generally at the side or rear of the house. The backyard
garden is a lovely idea, is it not? Who wishes to leave a beautiful looking
front yard, turn the corner of a house, and find a dump heap? Not I. The flower
garden may be laid out formally in neat little beds, or it may be more of a
careless, hit-or-miss sort. Both have their good points. Great masses of bloom
are attractive.
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You should have in
mind some notion of the blending of color. Nature appears not to consider this
at all, and still gets wondrous effects. This is because of the tremendous
amount of her perfect background of green, and the limitlessness of her space,
while we are confined at the best to relatively small areas.
So we should endeavor not to blind people's eyes with clashes of colors which do not at close range blend well. In order to break up extremes of colors you can always use masses of white flowers, or something like mignonette, which is in effect green.
Finally, let us sum up our landscape lesson.
The grounds are a setting for the house or buildings. Open, free lawn spaces, a
tree or a proper group well placed, flowers which do not clutter up the front
yard, groups of shrubbery these are points to be remembered. The paths should
lead somewhere, and be either straight or well curved. If one starts with a
formal garden, one should not mix the informal with it before the work is done.
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